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at·tend·ant 
[uh-ten-duhnt] Pronunciation Key
[uh-ten-duhnt] Pronunciation Key –noun
–adjective
| 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. |
| 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. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| at·ten·dant
(ə-těn'dənt) Pronunciation Key
n.
adj.
at·ten'dant·ly adv. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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| attendant | |
adjective | |
| 1. | being present (at meeting or event etc.) "attendant members of the congreation" |
| 2. | following or accompanying as a consequence; "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems"; "snags incidental to the changeover in management"; "attendant circumstances"; "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness"; "the ensuant response to his appeal"; "the resultant savings were considerable" |
noun | |
| 1. | someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another |
| 2. | a person who is present and participates in a meeting; "he was a regular attender at department meetings"; "the gathering satisfied both organizers and attendees" |
| 3. | an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another [syn: accompaniment] |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Attendant
At*tend"ant\, a. [F. attendant, p. pr. of attendre. See Attend, v. t.]1. Being present, or in the train; accompanying; in waiting. From the attendant flotilla rang notes triumph. --Sir W. Scott. Cherub and Seraph . . . attendant on their Lord. --Milton. 2. Accompanying, connected with, or immediately following, as consequential; consequent; as, intemperance with all its attendant evils. The natural melancholy attendant upon his situation added to the gloom of the owner of the mansion. --Sir W. Scott. 3. (Law) Depending on, or owing duty or service to; as, the widow attendant to the heir. --Cowell. Attendant keys (Mus.), the keys or scales most nearly related to, or having most in common with, the principal key; those, namely, of its fifth above, or dominant, its fifth below (fourth above), or subdominant, and its relative minor or major.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Attendant
At*tend"ant\, n. 1. One who attends or accompanies in any character whatever, as a friend, companion, servant, agent, or suitor. "A train of attendants." --Hallam. 2. One who is present and takes part in the proceedings; as, an attendant at a meeting. 3. That which accompanies; a concomitant. [A] sense of fame, the attendant of noble spirits. --Pope. 4. (Law) One who owes duty or service to, or depends on, another. --Cowell.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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