(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Assistant is used in front of titles or jobs to indicate a slightly lower rank. For example, an ~ director is one rank lower than a director in an organization.
...the Assistant Secretary of Defense.
= deputy
ADJ: ADJ n
2.
Someone’s ~ is a person who helps them in their work.
Kalan called his ~, Hashim, to take over while he went out...
N-COUNT
3.
An ~ is a person who works in a shop selling things to customers.
The ~ took the book and checked the price on the back cover...
= shop ~
N-COUNT