单词 | attender |
释义 | attendern. 1. One who gives heed or attention; an observer. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > beholder or spectator showerOE beholderc1374 lookera1382 espiouressc1430 considererc1449 overseerc1450 regarder1525 surveyor1558 viewer1565 spectatora1586 regardant1590 aspector1603 supervisor1610 eyer1611 spectatrix1611 spectatress1632 speculator1647 contemplator1658 attender1665 espier1860 1665 J. Spencer Disc. Prodigies (ed. 2) 287 Crazy brains..are not seldom the most curious attenders of such things as these. 1873 M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma i. 47 Attending to conduct..makes the attender feel that it is joy to do it. 2. He who (or that which) attends or waits upon, esp. to render service; a ministrant, attendant. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] thanea700 yeoman1345 squirec1380 foot followera1382 handservanta1382 servitora1382 ministera1384 servera1425 squire of (or for) the body (or household)1450 attender1461 waitera1483 awaiter1495 tender?a1505 waiting-man1518 satellite?1520 attendant1555 sitter-byc1555 pediseque1606 asseclist?1607 tendant1614 assecle1616 fewterera1625 escudero1631 peon1638 wait1652 under spur-leather1685 body servant1689 slavey1819 tindal1859 maid-attendant1896 1461–83 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 83 One page..to be labourer and attender. 1594 S. Daniel Trag. Cleopatra (1717) 290 Go my Maids, my Fortune's sole Attenders. 1635 A. Stafford Femall Glory 150 On whose lookes, words, and actions, Modesty is a dilligent attender. 1639 J. Woodall Surgeons Mate (rev. ed.) 342 The attenders of the sicke. a1680 J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus (1681) i. 68 Those mischievous Spirits..are more constant Attenders..upon the Actions and Inclinations of such, whose genius and designs prepare them for their Temptations. 3. = attendant n. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > [noun] > presence for a purpose > one who frequenter1613 attender1704 attendee1961 1704 J. Blair in W. S. Perry Hist. Coll. Amer. Colonial Church: Virginia (1870) I. 96 I was a constant attender at Councils. 1882 McQueen in Macmillan's Mag. XLVI. 164 Tobacco and pipes are not provided..each attender bringing his own supply. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † attenderv. Obsolete. rare. To treat with kindly attention or regard. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > treat with kindly care attender1550 1550–3 Decaye Eng. in Supplic. 96 We desyre you sumwhat to attender the premisses. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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