attendant
[uh-ten-duh nt]
- 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.
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- 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.
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Origin of attendant
Synonyms
See more synonyms for attendant on Thesaurus.com1. escort, companion, comrade; follower, retainer, servant. 3. accompaniment, consequence.
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Examples from the Web for attendants
Contemporary Examples
After fifteen minutes of CPR he is pronounced dead and taken to a mortuary, where attendants see him breathing.
Less than 10 minutes later, the attendants wheeled out the gurney, which now bore a black body bag.
Two attendants climbed out, took a gurney from the back of the van, and disappeared inside the building.
An odd party of five orphans and their attendants are assembled for a birthday celebration on an East Texas ranch.
For this final show, attendants are asked to bring a bowl and a spoon.
Historical Examples
Her father rode by her side, and a numerous train of attendants followed.
PhilotheaLydia Maria Child
There were attendants, running Turks, and guards before to clear the way.
The attendants are exceedingly civil, and charges regulated by a tariff.
The Roof of FranceMatilda Betham-Edwards
Enter Rumi-naui, torn and ragged, and covered with blood, with two attendants.
Apu OllantayAnonymous
The whole was closed by a long line of attendants and domestics.
Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10)Maria Edgeworth
attendant
- 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
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- being in attendance
- associated; accompanying; relatedattendant problems
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Word Origin and History for attendants
attendant
n.
1550s, "one who waits upon," from the adjective, or from Middle French atendant, noun use of present participle of atendre (see attend).
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attendant
adj.
late 14c., "solicitous, attentive," see attendant (n.). Sense of "serving under, accompanying in a dependant position" is from c.1400.
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