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attendant

[uh-ten-duhnt]

noun

  1. a person who attends attend another, as to perform a service.

  2. Chiefly British.,  an usher or clerk.

  3. a corollary or concomitant thing or quality.

  4. a person who is present, as at a meeting.



adjective

  1. being present or in attendance; accompanying.

  2. consequent; concomitant; associated; related: poverty and its attendant hardships.

    winter holidays and attendant parties; war and its attendant evils;

    poverty and its attendant hardships.

attendant

/ əˈtɛndənt /

noun

  1. a person who accompanies or waits upon another

  2. a person employed to assist, guide, or provide a service for others, esp for the general public

    a lavatory attendant

  3. a person who is present

  4. a logical consequence or natural accompaniment

    hatred is often an attendant of jealousy

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. being in attendance

  2. associated; accompanying; related

    attendant problems

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • attendantly adverb
  • superattendant noun
  • unattendant adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of attendant1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Middle French, present participle of attendre “to notice, await”; attend, -ant
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Example Sentences

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Also likely to be mentioned will be Angels star Mike Trout who, according to the deposition of former Angels clubhouse attendant Kris Constanti, offered to pay for Kay’s drug rehabilitation in 2018.

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Kaniecki said he has treated about a dozen pilots and over 100 flight attendants for brain injuries after exposure to fumes on aircraft over the last 20 years.

One flight attendant was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

His wife alerted a flight attendant and the pilot but instead of alerting medical personnel and following company policy, the lawsuit said the pilot dismissed her concerns, “joked with Plasencia, and cleared him for take-off.”

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The airline will furlough roughly 1,800 flight attendants effective Dec. 1, company spokesperson Thomas Fletcher said in a statement.

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