assistantas·sis·tant /əˈsɪstənt/ noun [countableC]JOB1 (also shop assistant), or sales assistant someone who sells things in a shopSYN AmE sales clerka shop assistant in the men’s department of a large store
2someone whose job is to help someone else of higher rank do their jobmanager Jean Cundy and her assistant Cherrie Elliott
assistant toan assistant to a stud-farm manager
I spoke to the assistant director.
IBM’s assistant general manager
→ administrative assistant → clerical assistant → executive assistant → personal assistant3someone who works in a bank, office etc but who is not a managerBank assistants cannot afford to live on their current basic salary.