plural of physician assistant

(capitalized when used as a person's title) A health care professional trained and licensed to perform a role similar to that of a physician but with somewhat narrower limits of authority; physician assistants and nurse practitioners have enough capabilities to be physician extenders, providing primary care and allowing physicians to spread their time across more patients.

Someone whose job is to assist and organize someone else's day-to-day business or personal tasks.

(sciences) A person who works in a laboratory in a relatively junior position

(informal, sciences) Synonym of laboratory assistant

Someone occupied with legal services in place of a lawyer.

plural of legal assistant

(soccer, Britain): One of the two officials at an association football match, previously known as linesmen, who assist the referee.

An employee in a shop, a shopkeeper.

plural of assistant professor