attendant
a 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.
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.
Origin of attendant
1Other words for attendant
Other words from attendant
- at·tend·ant·ly, adverb
- su·per·at·tend·ant, noun, adjective
- un·at·tend·ant, adjective
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How to use attendant in a sentence
Everybody 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 | FortuneIt would not be up to store clerks, flight attendants, and average residents to enforce the law.
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 | ProPublicaAbout 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 | FortuneThe attendant draws the lid closed and you are cocooned in light.
“I ran for my life,” said Tenayo, who is a home attendant for an autistic resident, but wants to transfer because of the crime.
And despite the good scholarship the authors have managed to retain the buoyancy and upbeat air attendant on most comics.
We remember that time a flight attendant told us at a barbecue that if the bell tones four times, things are serious.
The Malaysian Air Tragedy Reawakens a Primal Fear | Kelly Williams Brown | July 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn 2009, the Court backed down from the broad rule for vehicle searches attendant to arrests.
When that proved an inefficient tactic, he punched a flight attendant.
Plane-Related Incidents Reach New Level of Weird | Rachel Hochhauser | April 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Minister pointed out to them the attendant difficulties, and referred them to the Prime Minister.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanOne morning Tom was awakened by his faithful attendant to resume his weary journey.
Hunting the Lions | R.M. BallantyneThey laid out the work for the next morning, but did nothing practical toward erecting the wires and attendant parts that day.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn | Margaret PenroseThe attendant stooped over the bed to ascertain, and nodded in the affirmative.
Oliver Twist, Vol. II (of 3) | Charles DickensOn this particular Sunday Tommy Splint, who was a regular attendant at the garden class, arrived late.
The Garret and the Garden | R.M. Ballantyne
British Dictionary definitions for attendant
/ (əˈtɛndənt) /
a person who accompanies or waits upon another
a person employed to assist, guide, or provide a service for others, esp for the general public: a lavatory attendant
a person who is present
a logical consequence or natural accompaniment: hatred is often an attendant of jealousy
being in attendance
associated; accompanying; related: attendant problems
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