Assistant

As*sist"ant (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, assists; a helper; an auxiliary; a means of help.

Four assistants who his labor share.
Pope.

Rhymes merely as assistants to memory.
Mrs. Chapone.

2. An attendant; one who is present. Dryden.

As*sist"ant (?), a. [Cf. F. assistant, p. pr. of assister.] 1. Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.

Genius and learning . . . are mutually and greatly assistant to each other.
Beattie.

2. (Mil.) Of the second grade in the staff of the army; as, an assistant surgeon. [U.S.]

☞ In the English army it designates the third grade in any particular branch of the staff. Farrow.