attendee
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of attendee
Explanation
An attendee is a person who shows up at an event or meeting. If you go to your family reunion every summer, you can say you're a regular attendee. Conferences, conventions, and other gatherings need to have attendees so they can proceed as planned. You might be a French club attendee at school or a regular town bike swap attendee. The original word for attendee was attender, but its meaning came to be "someone who waits on others," while attendee, as of the mid-20th century, was "someone who attends."
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Le Pen continued to advocate for significant state intervention in the economy, according to an attendee who said he wasn’t impressed with her message.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
Daniel Rodriguez, a 20-year-old attendee, said he was proud of the diverse group of people who were at the vigil to express solidarity with those most at risk of being targeted by ICE.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
“Breathe, zero in on your target, OK, now smooth …,” she said, hovering over one attendee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
One first-time attendee, sexual-assault survivor and speaker Nicole Earnest-Payte, thinks that CrimeCon gets a bad reputation because its name is similar to Comic Con, the annual sci-fi and super-hero juggernaut.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
Of the twenty other people at Edmonds’s séance, an unnamed man wrote about his experience as an attendee that same night.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
The US president has not yet made clear the venue for the talks on Monday, nor the potential attendees.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
On a recent weekday, about two dozen foreign attendees worked on laptops in the Network School’s cafe, which sold health supplements including creatine and collagen peptides.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
The attendees were celebrating the Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness, which announced that it had reached 2 million children with civics education since its founding in 2016.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
Starting Saturday, Aug. 1, Queer Yin Yoga invites attendees to join in a deep rest that doubles as a meditative practice to encourage presence and slow down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
More than half of the attendees had never participated in a caucus before, and that group likely helped secure Barack’s victory.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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