assistantship

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noun

The occupation of being an assistant.

OriginProto-Germanic *skapjaną ← English assistant ← Middle English assistent →
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Meanings

nounassistantship (countable and uncountable, plural assistantships)

plural assistantships

  1. countableuncountableThe occupation of being an assistant.
  2. countableuncountableA position of employment as an assistant.

    waiting for word from Univ. of Calif.-Berkeley + from Financial Aids to see if he's accepted to Graduate School + can get a scholarship, fellowship or teaching assistantship so he can pay for it.

    1973 February 11, Lou Sullivan, Diary

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*stísteh₂ti
  7. Proto-Italic*sistō
  8. Latinsistō
  9. Latinassistō
  10. Middle Frenchassister
  11. Middle Frenchassistant
  12. Middle Englishassistent
  13. Englishassistant
  14. Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
  15. Englishassistantship

From assistant + -ship.

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Translations

German Hilfstätigkeit, Assistentenstelle
  • Hilfstätigkeitposition of employment as an assistant
  • Assistentenstelleposition of employment as an assistant
Polish asystentura, asystentura
  • asystenturaoccupation of being an assistant
  • asystenturaposition of employment as an assistant
Spanish ayudantía
  • ayudantíaposition of employment as an assistant
Cite this entry
APA

assistantship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assistantship

MLA

“assistantship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assistantship. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “assistantship,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assistantship.

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