attendee
Americannoun
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attendees
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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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As the lights flickered back on, baptism in blackout over, one attendee quipped that the show was now, officially, "very authentic".
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
One registered attendee led a project dedicated to shrimp welfare, aiming to cast a spotlight on the hundreds of billions of shrimp that are farmed each year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
About 250 people showed up, a turnout that at least one attendee called disappointing.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
Their inability to agree mirrored the wider discourse around the trial - one that trial attendee Maryanne Drysdale, 65, saw play out within her own family.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
One of the event’s coordinators let her know that “her greatest fan,” a fellow attendee, wanted to meet her.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
Now she often hears about a mandated ratio of sober party attendees for every event, typically one for every 25 people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
He had appeared virtually at an event in early October to inform attendees that he had come down with the illness.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026
“If they are too similar to other names that already exist in pharma, it can be fatal,” Wise told attendees at the Business of Naming conference.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
York Minster charges £20 for general admission tickets and under-18s can accompany paying adults for free, while St Paul's Cathedral in London charges a £26 fee for tourist visits, while permitting service attendees free entry.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
In August of 1881, Maggie was hired to contact the spirits for attendees at a Massachusetts Spiritualist camp.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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