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at⋅tend⋅ant

[uh-ten-duhnt]
–noun
1. a person who attends another, as to perform a service.
2. Chiefly British. an usher or clerk.
3. a corollary or concomitant thing or quality.
4. a person who is present, as at a meeting.
–adjective
5. being present or in attendance; accompanying.
6. consequent; concomitant; associated; related: winter holidays and attendant parties; war and its attendant evils; poverty and its attendant hardships.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME < MF, prp. of attendre to notice, await. See attend, -ant


at⋅tend⋅ant⋅ly, adverb


1. escort, companion, comrade; follower, retainer, servant. 3. accompaniment, consequence.
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at·ten·dant   (ə-těn'dənt)   
n.  
  1. One who attends or waits on another.

  2. One who is present.

  3. An accompanying thing or circumstance; a concomitant.

adj.  
  1. Being present: ships and attendant sailors.

  2. Accompanying or following as a result: attendant circumstances.

at·ten'dant·ly adv.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: at·ten·dant
Pronunciation: &-'ten-d&nt
Function: noun
: a person who attends another to perform a service attendants>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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