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

They are often lumped together as "missing scientists", but the list includes an administrative assistant, an Air Force general, an engineer and a custodian, and spans several fields, from researching exoplanets to pharmaceuticals.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 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

Bert Ramlow, who was Schroeder’s administrative assistant, recalled Takaichi as a hard worker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

“And Gib is an administrative assistant without peer,” Arnold finished.

From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen