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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024at•tend•ant /əˈtɛndənt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a person who waits on, cares for, or looks after someone or something.
adj. [before a noun] - being present or in attendance;
accompanying:the champion with his attendant admirers. - associated;
related: poverty and its attendant hardships.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024at•tend•ant (ə ten′dənt),USA pronunciation n. - a person who attends another, as to perform a service.
- British Terms[Chiefly Brit.]an usher or clerk.
- a corollary or concomitant thing or quality.
- a person who is present, as at a meeting.
adj. - 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.
- Middle French, present participle of attendre to notice, await. See attend, -ant
- Middle English 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged escort, companion, comrade; follower, retainer, servant.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged accompaniment, consequence.
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