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attender

American  
[uh-ten-der] / əˈtɛn dər /

noun

  • attenders
    plural
  1. a person who attends a meeting, class, or similar gathering; an attendant.

  2. a person who waits on, attends to, or ministers to another.

  3. a person who gives focused attention.


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At the time, Kerim was a frequent attender.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 12, 2021

“I asked Jerry if he was a regular attender of the Lady Topper games, and he told me it was his first one,” Blair said, adding Baker made the donation to support a friend.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 5, 2017

“My wife never wants me to say this, but I was not a good attender of classes,” Bharara told me.

From The New Yorker ● May 9, 2016

Clarkson is now a regular attender of Chelsea matches, but didn't always express enthusiasm for football.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2015

I'm no' a deid auld woman, doctor,' she continued; 'but I mind o' your faither efter he left Dumfries an' cam' to bide wi' ye here, an' he was a regular attender at the kirk.

From Betty Grier by Joseph Laing Waugh

The group said the rise in nonattendance came from people who infrequently attended worship before the pandemic, with only few regular attenders dropping out.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 6, 2023

And 31% of university attenders indicated that they were worried that their accents could have a negative impact on their future careers.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2022

Weekly church attenders remain the most resistant category.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 13, 2022

Later she would become one of the most regular church attenders in Hollywood and tried to convert Monroe, who went along to one service but said afterwards that it wasn't her thing.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 1, 2011

Ireland—members, 2528; habitual attenders not in membership, 402.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various

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