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attendant
at·ten·dant A0509000 (ə-tĕn′dənt)n.1. One who attends or waits on another.2. One who is present.3. An accompanying thing or circumstance; a concomitant.adj.1. Being present: ships and attendant sailors.2. Accompanying or following as a result: attendant circumstances. at·ten′dant·ly adv.attendant (əˈtɛndənt) n1. a person who accompanies or waits upon another2. (Professions) 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 present4. a logical consequence or natural accompaniment: hatred is often an attendant of jealousy. adj5. being in attendance6. associated; accompanying; related: attendant problems. at•tend•ant (əˈtɛn dənt) n. 1. a person who attends another, as to perform a service; escort or servant: the ship's attendants. 2. a corollary or concomitant thing; consequence. 3. a person who is present, as at a meeting. adj. 4. being present or in attendance; accompanying. 5. consequent; associated; related: poverty and its attendant hardships. [1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French] at•tend′ant•ly, adv. attendantAn attendant is someone whose job is to help people in a place such as a petrol station, a car park, or a cloakroom. She stopped the car and asked the attendant to fill it up.Someone who works in a shop selling goods to customers is not an 'attendant'. A person like this is called a shop assistant. I asked the shop assistant for a receipt.In American English, this person is called a sales clerk. She worked as a sales clerk in a record store.ThesaurusNoun | 1. | attendant - someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of anotherattender, tendercompanion - one paid to accompany or assist or live with anotherassistant, 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"baggageman - an attendant who takes care of baggagebatman - an orderly assigned to serve a British military officerbellboy, bellhop, bellman - someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotelsbridesmaid, maid of honor - an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a weddingcaddie, golf caddie - an attendant who carries the golf clubs for a playerchecker - an attendant who checks coats or baggagecourtier - an attendant at the court of a sovereigncupbearer - the attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wineequerry - a personal attendant of the British royal familyescort - an attendant who is employed to accompany someoneesquire - (Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthoodfamulus - a close attendant (as to a scholar)gillie - a young male attendant on a Scottish Highlander chiefgroomsman - a male attendant of the bridegroom at a weddinglifeguard, lifesaver - an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidentslinkboy, linkman - (formerly) an attendant hired to carry a torch for pedestrians in dark streetsloader - an attendant who loads guns for someone shooting gamematron of honor - a married woman serving as the attendant to the bride at a weddinghospital attendant, orderly - a male hospital attendant who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patientsorderly - a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer; "the orderly laid out the general's uniform"varlet, page - in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthoodpage - a youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddingsracker - an attendant who puts pool or billiard balls into a rackrocker - an attendant who rocks a child in a cradlesecond - the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing matchservitor - someone who performs the duties of an attendant for someone elsesquire - young nobleman attendant on a knightgallant, squire - a man who attends or escorts a womanflight attendant, steward - an attendant on an airplanelitter-bearer, stretcher-bearer - one who helps carry a stretchertrainbearer - one who holds up the train of a gown or robe on a ceremonial occasionarouser, rouser, waker - someone who rouses others from sleep | | 2. | 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"attendee, meeter, attenderconventioneer - someone who attends a conventionparticipant - someone who takes part in an activitypartygoer - someone who is attending a party; "the hall was crowded with an overflow of partygoers"symposiast - someone who participates in a symposium | | 3. | attendant - an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with anotheraccompaniment, concomitant, co-occurrencehappening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent - an event that happensassociate - any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another; "first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate"background - relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation; "when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background" | Adj. | 1. | attendant - being present (at meeting or event etc.) "attendant members of the congreation"present - being or existing in a specified place; "the murderer is present in this room"; "present at the wedding"; "present at the creation" | | 2. | 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"accompanying, concomitant, consequent, ensuant, resultant, sequent, incidentalsubsequent - following in time or order; "subsequent developments" |
attendantnoun1. assistant, guide, guard, servant, companion, aide, escort, follower, steward, waiter, usher, warden, helper, auxiliary, custodian, page, menial, concierge, underling, lackey, chaperon, flunky He was working as a car-park attendant.adjective1. accompanying, related, associated, accessory, consequent, resultant, concomitant His victory, and all the attendant publicity, were deserved.attendantnoun1. A person who helps:abettor, aid, help, helper, reliever, succorer.2. One that accompanies another:accompaniment, associate, companion, concomitant.adjectiveOccurring or existing with:accompanying, attending, coincident, concomitant, concurrent.Translationsattend (əˈtend) verb1. to go to or be present at. He attended the meeting; He will attend school till he is sixteen. 參加 参加2. (with to) to listen or give attention to. Attend carefully to what the teacher is saying! 傾聽或注意 倾听,留意 3. to deal with. I'll attend to that problem tomorrow. 處理 处理4. to look after; to help or serve. Two doctors attended her all through her illness; The queen was attended by four ladies. 照顧 照顾atˈtendance nounHis attendance (= the number of times he attends) at school is poor; Attendances (= the number of people attending) at the concerts went down after the price of tickets increased. 出席 出席atˈtendant noun a person employed to look after someone or something. a car-park attendant. 服務員 侍者in attendance in the position of helping or serving. There was no doctor in attendance at the road accident. 照料或服務 侍候,照料 attendance ends in -ance (not -ence). attendant
attendant [ah-ten´dant] a person paid to perform personal services for those unable to care for themselves.attendant (ă-ten′dănt) A paramedical hospital employee who assists in the care and personal support of patients.Attendant
ATTENDANT. One who owes a duty or service to another, or in some sortdepends upon him. Termes de la Ley, h.t. As to attendant terms, see Powellon Morts. Index, tit. Attendant term; Park on Dower, c. 1 7. attendant
Synonyms for attendantnoun assistantSynonyms- assistant
- guide
- guard
- servant
- companion
- aide
- escort
- follower
- steward
- waiter
- usher
- warden
- helper
- auxiliary
- custodian
- page
- menial
- concierge
- underling
- lackey
- chaperon
- flunky
adj accompanyingSynonyms- accompanying
- related
- associated
- accessory
- consequent
- resultant
- concomitant
Synonyms for attendantnoun a person who helpsSynonyms- abettor
- aid
- help
- helper
- reliever
- succorer
noun one that accompanies anotherSynonyms- accompaniment
- associate
- companion
- concomitant
adj occurring or existing withSynonyms- accompanying
- attending
- coincident
- concomitant
- concurrent
Synonyms for attendantnoun someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of anotherSynonymsRelated Words- companion
- assistant
- helper
- help
- supporter
- baggageman
- batman
- bellboy
- bellhop
- bellman
- bridesmaid
- maid of honor
- caddie
- golf caddie
- checker
- courtier
- cupbearer
- equerry
- escort
- esquire
- famulus
- gillie
- groomsman
- lifeguard
- lifesaver
- linkboy
- linkman
- loader
- matron of honor
- hospital attendant
- orderly
- varlet
- page
- racker
- rocker
- second
- servitor
- squire
- gallant
- flight attendant
- steward
- litter-bearer
- stretcher-bearer
- trainbearer
- arouser
- rouser
- waker
noun a person who is present and participates in a meetingSynonymsRelated Words- conventioneer
- participant
- partygoer
- symposiast
noun an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with anotherSynonyms- accompaniment
- concomitant
- co-occurrence
Related Words- happening
- natural event
- occurrence
- occurrent
- associate
- background
adj being present (at meeting or event etcRelated Wordsadj following or accompanying as a consequenceSynonyms- accompanying
- concomitant
- consequent
- ensuant
- resultant
- sequent
- incidental
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