assistantship

[ uh-sis-tuhnt-ship ]

noun

1. a form of financial aid awarded to a student studying for a graduate degree at a college or university in which the student assists a professor, usually in academic or laboratory work.

Word History and Origins

Origin of assistantship¹

First recorded in 1690–1700; assistant + -ship

Example Sentences

He had already been almost promised an assistantship to the head of the Educational District.

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I am offered a lectureship here with an ample salary, or an assistantship on equal terms, by Trent.

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The word came hard as though the fact of an assistantship were at the least distasteful.

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