attendant
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: law
Etymology: From Middle English attendant, attendaunt, from Old French attendant. By surface analysis, attend + -ant.
Inflected forms:
form: attendants
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: attendaunt
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: attendaunt
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: One who attends; one who works with or watches over someone or something.
pos: noun
examples: Give your keys to the parking attendants and they will park your car for you.
gloss: A servant or valet.
pos: noun
gloss: A visitor or caller; one who attends (is present at or regularly goes to) some event or place.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
examples: The most remarkable of all the attendants of the exhibition at the grove near Rockville, was the grace and loveliness of the young beauties, who, mingling with the crowd of farmers, were all intent and gazing upon the stock and other agricultural products, unconscious that they were themselves ‘the observed of all observers;’ […]
In early life our subject was an attendant of Public School No. 17 in Brooklyn, and after fitting himself for business he engaged in various occupations in New York city up to the year 1889, at which time he removed to the town of Hempstead, and during the succeeding six years followed fanning as an occupation.
gloss: That which accompanies or follows.
pos: noun
gloss: One who owes a duty or service to another.
pos: noun
gloss: Going with; associated; concomitant.
pos: adj
examples: They promoted him to supervisor, with all the attendant responsibilities and privileges.
The natural melancholy attendant upon his situation added to the gloom of the owner of the mansion.
About 200 guests were invited and entertained to lunch in the so-called booking hall at Waterloo; the contractors, Spiers & Pond Limited, were much praised for organising the repast, with attendant cloak room facilities, so well in such unfavourable surroundings.
Both Carey Schofield's Jagger and Chet Flippo's On the Road with the Rolling Stones: Twenty Years of Lipstick, Handcuffs and Chemicals are glib, gonzo journalism about the world's favorite musical sex purveyors. Both avoid much mention of the homosexuality which has always been attendant to the group.
The applicants […] seek to argue that because of the dire prognosis attaching to their medical condition, they should have been allowed to assume the risks attendant on a potentially life‑saving experimental product.
gloss: Depending on, or owing duty or service to.
pos: adj
examples: the widow attendant to the heir
The tenant in dower[…]shall be attendant unto them by the rate and portion of the rent.
Synonyms: assistant
attendant
Related words: acquaintance
associate
friend
part and parcel
Derived words: attendantly
cabin attendant
car attendant
cloakroom attendant
flight attendant
gaming attendant
meter attendant
nonattendant
parking attendant
pump attendant
school crossing attendant
traditional birth attendant
unattendant
Translations:
lang: French
word: vendeur
lang: French
word: vendeuse
lang: Hungarian
word: eladó
lang: Hungarian
word: eladónő
lang: Italian
word: addetto
lang: Italian
word: inserviente