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]
Ad"junct`\, n. 1. Something joined or added to another thing, but not essentially a part of it. Learning is but an adjunct to our self. --Shak. 2. A person joined to another in some duty or service; a colleague; an associate. --Wotton. 3. (Gram.) A word or words added to quality or amplify the force of other words; as, the History of the American Revolution, where the words in italics are the adjunct or adjuncts of "History." 4. (Metaph.) A quality or property of the body or the mind, whether natural or acquired; as, color, in the body, judgment in the mind. 5. (Mus.) A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key. [R.] See Attendant keys, under Attendant, a.
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.