attendant

[ uh-ten-duhnt ]

/ əˈtɛn dənt /

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noun

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

Chiefly British. an usher or clerk.

a corollary or concomitant thing or quality.

a person who is present, as at a meeting.

adjective

being present or in attendance; accompanying.

consequent; concomitant; associated; related: winter holidays and attendant parties; war and its attendant evils;poverty and its attendant hardships.

OTHER WORDS FOR attendant

1 escort, companion, comrade; follower, retainer, servant.

3 accompaniment, consequence.

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Origin of attendant

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

OTHER WORDS FROM attendant

at·tend·ant·ly, adverbsu·per·at·tend·ant, noun, adjectiveun·at·tend·ant, adjective

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How to use attendant in a sentence

When they told flight attendants they had been to West Africa, alarm bells rang and the flight was diverted.
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After fifteen minutes of CPR he is pronounced dead and taken to a mortuary, where attendants see him breathing.
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If they were unable to perform any available job, they served as dignified attendants.
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Numerous attendants to her and her prince were either let go or threw up their hands and quit.
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Less than 10 minutes later, the attendants wheeled out the gurney, which now bore a black body bag.
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The king put him to death, and the attendants of Adelil made of his heart a viand which they presented to her.
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She had sent away her attendants, bolted the door against her mother, and sat waiting her summons.
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Directly after them came a lot of palace attendants in curious hats and long robes of all colours of the rainbow.
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The manner of his prisoner, sufficiently mollified the officer; and he made a sign to his attendants to withdraw.
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Besides these attendants, a small blackbird often keeps the buffalo company, who will raise up his head in delight to meet it.
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British Dictionary definitions for attendant

attendant

/ (əˈtɛndənt) /

noun

a person who accompanies or waits upon another

a person employed to assist, guide, or provide a service for others, esp for the general publica lavatory attendant

a person who is present

a logical consequence or natural accompanimenthatred is often an attendant of jealousy

adjective

being in attendance

associated; accompanying; relatedattendant problems

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