assistant
noun [C] /əˈsɪs.tənt/Definition
B1 someone who helps someone else to do a job: an administrative/office assistant an assistant editor/managerHelpers and accomplicesPeople who help or serve people professionally 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 assistantPeople who sell thingsTraders, merchants and entrepreneurs
(Definition of assistant noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- agent noun (REPRESENTATIVE)
- auctioneer noun
- barker noun
- barrow boy noun
- bookseller noun
- cashier noun
- hawker noun
- ironmonger noun
- label noun (COMPANY)
- marketeer noun
- merchant noun
- salesman noun
- salesperson noun
- saleswoman noun
- scalper noun
- scrap dealer noun
- speculator noun
- tobacconist noun
- vendor noun
- wholesaler noun
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