attendant
Americannoun
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a person who attends another, as to perform a service.
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Chiefly British. an usher or clerk.
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a corollary or concomitant thing or quality.
- Synonyms:
- consequence, accompaniment
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a person who is present, as at a meeting.
adjective
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being present or in attendance; accompanying.
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consequent; concomitant; associated; related: poverty and its attendant hardships.
winter holidays and attendant parties; war and its attendant evils;
poverty and its attendant hardships.
noun
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a person who accompanies or waits upon another
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a person employed to assist, guide, or provide a service for others, esp for the general public
a lavatory attendant
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a person who is present
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a logical consequence or natural accompaniment
hatred is often an attendant of jealousy
adjective
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being in attendance
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associated; accompanying; related
attendant problems
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Etymology
Origin of attendant
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Middle French, present participle of attendre “to notice, await”; see attend, -ant
Explanation
An attendant is someone present at a meeting or event. A flight attendant, for example, tends to the needs of passengers on a plane trip. The word attendant has to do with being present. An attendant on a flight is present to help you if you need anything. An attendant event is one that happens in the presence of another event. In other words, it can mean "accompanying." An illness can have attendant symptoms that go along with it. Remember that the word ends in -ant.
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Example Sentences
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“We need to shift our focus to a complete rightsizing of the airline, which means volume-based adjustments to our Flight Attendant group.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2025
"I don't think there has to be a conflict between nostalgia and new music," says Andy Walker, singer and guitarist in current Britpop-punk band Attendant.
From BBC • Aug. 30, 2024
She has played the title role in “ The Flight Attendant ” on HBO Max for two seasons, and was nominated for an Emmy for each.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 1, 2023
There's no denying the soaring pleasure of "The Flight Attendant" despite these minor irritations even so, because Cuoco is simply that good at captaining our way through Cassie's muchness.
From Salon • Apr. 21, 2022
The Attendant’s charge has passed out, and the woman’s serving girl is trying to alternately drag her or revive her with smelling salts while the Attendant provides a distraction.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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