Assistant, subst., helper, associate: “her a. or go-between,” Wiv. II, 2, 273. “to ask those on the banks if they were his --s,” R3 IV, 4, 526. “allied to eminent --s,” H8 I, 1, 62. “I'll thy a. be,” Rom. II, 3, 90. “let me be no a. for a state, but keep a farm and carters,” Hml. II, 2, 166 (i. e. no public functionary).
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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