assistantnoun [ C ]
uk/əˈsɪs.tənt/us/əˈsɪs.tənt/B1 someone who helps someone else to do a job:
an administrative/office assistant
an assistant editor/manager
A2 UK someone who works in a shop, selling goods to customers and giving advice about the goods sold in the shop:
a sales/shop assistant
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- She's a personal assistant as distinct from a secretary.
- Can't we employ someone as an assistant to help with all this paperwork?
- She can't accept she made a mistake and now she's trying to lay the blame on her assistant.
- Did you want to talk to the chairman himself, or could his personal assistant help you?
- She is looking for a personal assistant with good organizational skills.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Helpers and accomplices
- a tower of strength idiom
- abet
- accessory
- accomplice
- acolyte
- buddy
- collaborator
- confederate
- enabler
- facilitator
- help
- mate
- moll
- partner
- right-hand man
- second 1
- support group
- support network
- tower
- victim support
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People who sell things