assistant
noun [ C ]
uk/əˈsɪstənt/ us HR, WORKPLACE
an employee who helps someone in a more senior position to do their job:
assistant to sb assistant to the director of the Institute of Science
COMMERCE UK (also shop assistant); (also sales assistant); (US sales clerk)
someone who serves customers in a store:
She worked as an assistant in a local bookshop.
See also
administrative assistant
bank assistant
clerical assistant
executive assistant
personal assistant
PDA
assistant
adjective [ before noun ]
uk/əˈsɪstənt/ us(written abbreviation Asst); (or asst) HR, WORKPLACE
used as part of someone's job title to show that their job is below the level of a more senior person, and that they help that person to do their job:
assistant director/manager, etc. She had previously served as assistant vice-president for finance at MIT.