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[ uh-ten-duhnt ] / əˈtɛn dənt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR attendant ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna 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. adjectivebeing 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 attendant1350–1400; Middle English <Middle French, present participle of attendre to notice, await. See attend, -ant SYNONYMS FOR attendant1 escort, companion, comrade; follower, retainer, servant. 3 accompaniment, consequence. SEE SYNONYMS FOR attendant ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM attendantat·tend·ant·ly, adverbsu·per·at·tend·ant, noun, adjectiveun·at·tend·ant, adjectiveWords nearby attendantAttenborough, attend, attendance, attendance allowance, attendance centre, attendant, attendee, attending, attending physician, attent, attention Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for attendantEverybody is friendlier, from the TSA agent to the flight attendant. Are you ready to start traveling for work again? TripActions’ CEO is banking on it|Michal Lev-Ram, writer|September 15, 2020|Fortune It would not be up to store clerks, flight attendants, and average residents to enforce the law. Anti-maskers assaulted my husband|Matt Foreman|September 1, 2020|Washington Blade Three-thousand people died, and hundreds of thousands were left homeless, after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and attendant fires. They Know How to Prevent Megafires. Why Won’t Anybody Listen?|by Elizabeth Weil|August 28, 2020|ProPublica About 1,600 pilots and 8,100 flight attendants will be included in the furloughs, according to a letter the airline sent to employees. American Airlines announces plan to cut 19,000 jobs—unless Congress extends pandemic aid|Maria Aspan|August 25, 2020|Fortune
The attendant draws the lid closed and you are cocooned in light. The first murder|Katie McLean|August 19, 2020|MIT Technology Review All of the work that comes with being an escort, and all of its attendant horrors, for this… paperweight? And The Escort of The Year Is… Backstage at The Sex Oscars|Scott Bixby|March 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST This, in turn, ensured concentrated poverty and all its attendant problems, as well as bad schools and poor public services. How We Built the Ghettos|Jamelle Bouie|March 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST A fetus only truly became a person, with all the attendant rights that brings, at birth. Israel's Secular-Religious Abortion Compromise|Daniella Peled|December 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST In a way the concept of genius has now returned to its Roman origins, when an attendant spirit was within reach of everyone. What is a Genius?|Nick Romeo|November 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST Having that name and its attendant endless puns cannot be easy in the first place. Anthony Weiner Has Some Competition|Michael Daly|August 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST He calls for his attendant Herbert, who is sent to ascertain the cause of this midnight commotion. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11|Various A bell is automatically rung by the machine to warn the attendant that the desired length has been deposited into the can. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 6|Various This, with the attendant drums and shrieks, would give one the impression of a host of maniacs suddenly set at liberty. Castes and Tribes of Southern India|Edgar Thurston He spoke to an attendant, and was directed to an office, which he entered without delay. The Gentleman From Indiana|Booth Tarkington That was the pet name which Elfgiva had given to her Danish attendant because it signified lively one. The Ward of King Canute|Ottilie A. Liljencrantz
British Dictionary definitions for attendant
nouna 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 adjectivebeing in attendance associated; accompanying; relatedattendant problems Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to attendantaccompanying, consequent, helper, servant, assistant, aide, custodian, nurse, attending, incident, concomitant, accessory, auxiliary, lackey, chaperon, understudy, domestic, follower, companion, orderly |