attendant
- 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.
- 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.
Origin of attendant
Synonyms for attendant
See more synonyms for on Thesaurus.comRelated Words for attendants
helper, servant, assistant, aide, custodian, nurse, auxiliary, lackey, chaperon, understudy, domestic, follower, companion, orderly, usher, escort, guide, secretary, waitpersonExamples from the Web for attendants
Contemporary Examples of attendants
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 of attendants
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
- being in attendance
- associated; accompanying; relatedattendant problems
Word Origin and History for attendants
attendant
1550s, "one who waits upon," from the adjective, or from Middle French atendant, noun use of present participle of atendre (see attend).
attendant
late 14c., "solicitous, attentive," see attendant (n.). Sense of "serving under, accompanying in a dependant position" is from c.1400.