administrative assistant

American  

noun

administrative assistants plural

1. a person employed to aid an executive, as in a corporate department, by coordinating such office services and procedures as the supervision, maintenance, and control of the flow of work and programs, personnel, budgeting, records, etc., for the entire department.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• administrative assistants
  plural

Example Sentences

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administrative assistant

I’m currently in a corporate leadership role, and lately I’ve been seriously considering leaving it behind to do something completely different — maybe even becoming an administrative assistant.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026

Madigan was born in Chicago on September 11, 1950 to a journalist father and a mother who worked as an administrative assistant and did community theater in her spare time.

From Barron's ● Mar. 15, 2026

He was sent to India for the BBC in 1965 - at first as an administrative assistant, but in time he began to take on a reporting role.

From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2026

Jones, who worked for the Jaguars as an administrative assistant during their inaugural season in 1995, has no problem admitting she’s a fan of the team she now covers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2026

Everyone jumps a bit as the intercom box on the wall squawks to life and we hear the high-pitched voice of Mrs. Dithers, the administrative assistant.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell