attendant
Other forms: attendants
An attendant is someone present at a meeting or event. A flight attendant, for example, tends to the needs of passengers on a plane trip.
The word attendant has to do with being present. An attendant on a flight is present to help you if you need anything. An attendant event is one that happens in the presence of another event. In other words, it can mean "accompanying." An illness can have attendant symptoms that go along with it. Remember that the word ends in -ant.
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a person who is present and participates in a meetingtypes:conventioneersomeone who attends a conventionpartygoersomeone who is attending a partysymposiastsomeone who participates in a symposiumtype of:participantsomeone who takes part in an activity
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an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with anothersynonyms: accompaniment, co-occurrence, concomitanttypes:associateany event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with anotherbackgroundrelatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situationtype of:
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someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of anothertypes:companionone paid to accompany or assist or live with anotherbaggagemanan attendant who takes care of baggagebatmanan orderly assigned to serve a British military officercheckeran attendant who checks coats or baggagecourtieran attendant at the court of a sovereigncupbearerthe attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wineequerrya personal attendant of the British royal familyescortan attendant who is employed to accompany someoneesquire(Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthoodfamulusa close attendant (as to a scholar)gilliea young male attendant on a Scottish Highlander chiefgroomsmana male attendant of the bridegroom at a weddingloaderan attendant who loads guns for someone shooting gamematron of honora married woman serving as the attendant to the bride at a weddinghospital attendant, orderlya hospital attendant who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patientsorderlya soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officerpage, varletin medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthoodpagea youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddingsrackeran attendant who puts pool or billiard balls into a rackrockeran attendant who rocks a child in a cradlesecondthe official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing matchservitorsomeone who performs the duties of an attendant for someone elsesquirea young nobleman attendant on a knighttrainbearerone who holds up the train of a gown or robe on a ceremonial occasionvaletsomeone employed to park and retrieve carsbest manthe principal groomsman at a weddingcolor guarda ceremonial escort for the (regimental) colorsguard of honor, honor guardan escort for a distinguished guest or for the casket at a military funeralmindersomeone (usually in totalitarian countries) who is assigned to watch over foreign visitors
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being present (at meeting or event etc.) "attendant members of the congregation"synonyms:presentbeing or existing in a specified place
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following or accompanying as a consequence“an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems”“attendant circumstances”synonyms: accompanying, concomitant, consequent, corollary, ensuant, incidental, resultant, sequentsubsequentfollowing in time or order
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