attendant
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dənt 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.
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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French, present participle of attendre to notice, await. See attend, -ant
1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French, present participle of attendre to notice, await. See attend, -ant
Related forms
at·tend·ant·ly, adverb
su·per·at·tend·ant, noun, adjective
un·at·tend·ant, adjective
Synonyms
1. escort, companion, comrade; follower, retainer, servant. 3. accompaniment, consequence.
1. escort, companion, comrade; follower, retainer, servant. 3. accompaniment, consequence.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a person who accompanies or waits upon another |
| 2. | a person employed to assist, guide, or provide a service for others, esp for the general public: a lavatory attendant |
| 3. | a person who is present |
| 4. | a logical consequence or natural accompaniment: hatred is often an attendant of jealousy |
| —adj | |
| 5. | being in attendance |
| 6. | associated; accompanying; related: attendant problems |
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Word Origin & History
attendant
1550s, "one who waits upon," from pp. adj. (mid-15c.), from O.Fr. atendant, prp. of atendre (see attend). The adj. originally meant "attentive;" sense of "accompanying in a dependant position" is from 1610s.
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Example sentences
She is described as an extremely attractive former dancer and flight attendant with long brown hair.
You're either part of the faculty guild, with attendant rights, or you're a serf.
On my last flight, someone asked the flight attendant whether the flight was full.
The only facility the soviet had was an outhouse, and the pensioner was its attendant.
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