Assistant | Mean of assistant in English Dictionary

/əˈsɪstənt/

• Noun
• a person who helps someone
• a person whose job is to help another person to do work
1. a magician's assistant [=helper]
2. an assistant to the college president
3. an assistant to the store manager
4. a dental assistant [=a person whose job is to help a dentist]
5. a wealthy executive who has a personal assistant
• a person whose job is to help the customers in a store
1. She works as a sales assistant [=salesclerk] at Macy's.
2. (Brit) a shop assistant

• having the job of helping someone to do work
1. an assistant store manager
2. an assistant editor