Definition of attendant Attendant
/ʌtɛˈndʌnt/ - [utendunt] - at•tend•ant
We found 17 definitions of attendant from 5 different sources.
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What does attendant mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: attendants |
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| attendant - someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another | ||
| attender, tender | ||
| assistant, helper, help, supporter a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work" | ||
| companion one paid to accompany or assist or live with another | ||
| baggageman an attendant who takes care of baggage | ||
| batman an orderly assigned to serve a British military officer | ||
| bellboy, bellhop, bellman someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels | ||
| bridesmaid, maid of honor an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding | ||
| caddie, golf caddie an attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player | ||
| checker one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers | ||
| courtier an attendant at the court of a sovereign | ||
| cupbearer the attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine | ||
| equerry a personal attendant of the British royal family | ||
| escort the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them | ||
| esquire a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name | ||
| famulus a close attendant (as to a scholar) | ||
| gillie a young male attendant on a Scottish Highlander chief | ||
| groomsman a male attendant of the bridegroom at a wedding | ||
| lifeguard, lifesaver an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents | ||
| linkboy, linkman (formerly) an attendant hired to carry a torch for pedestrians in dark streets | ||
| loader an attendant who loads guns for someone shooting game | ||
| matron of honor a married woman serving as the attendant to the bride at a wedding | ||
| hospital attendant, orderly a male hospital attendant who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patients | ||
| orderly a male hospital attendant who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patients | ||
| varlet, page one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains | ||
| page one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains | ||
| racker an attendant who puts pool or billiard balls into a rack | ||
| rocker a curved support that permits the supported object to rock to and fro | ||
| second a speech seconding a motion; "do I hear a second?" | ||
| servitor someone who performs the duties of an attendant for someone else | ||
| squire an English country landowner | ||
| gallant, squire an English country landowner | ||
| flight attendant, steward someone who manages property or other affairs for someone else | ||
| litter-bearer, stretcher-bearer one who helps carry a stretcher | ||
| trainbearer one who holds up the train of a gown or robe on a ceremonial occasion | ||
| attendant - 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" | ||
| attender, attendee, meeter | ||
| participant someone who takes part in an activity | ||
| conventioneer someone who attends a convention | ||
| partygoer someone who is attending a party; "the hall was crowded with an overflow of partygoers" | ||
| attendant - an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another | ||
| accompaniment, concomitant, co-occurrence | ||
| happening, natural event, occurrent, occurrence an event that happens | ||
| associate any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another; "first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate" | ||
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| attendant - 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" | ||
| consequent, accompanying, concomitant, incidental, ensuant, resultant, sequent | ||
| subsequent following in time or order; "subsequent developments" | ||
| attendant - being present (at meeting or event etc.) "attendant members of the congreation" | ||
| present temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration; "the present leader"; "articles for present use"; "the present topic"; "the present system"; "present observations" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- attendant (Noun)
One who attends; one who works with or watches something. - attendant (Adjective)
Going with; associated; concomitant.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- attendant (v. t.)
Being present, or in the train; accompanying; in waiting. - attendant (v. t.)
Accompanying, connected with, or immediately following, as consequential; consequent; as, intemperance with all its attendant evils. - attendant (v. t.)
Depending on, or owing duty or service to; as, the widow attendant to the heir. - attendant (n.)
One who attends or accompanies in any character whatever, as a friend, companion, servant, agent, or suitor. - attendant (n.)
One who is present and takes part in the proceedings; as, an attendant at a meeting. - attendant (n.)
That which accompanies; a concomitant. - attendant (n.)
One who owes duty or service to, or depends on, another.
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attendant
Following as a consequence. -
attendant
A person employed to look after someone or something.
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🔤- attendant, noun, singular of attendants.
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