What does ATTENDANT mean?

Definitions for ATTENDANT
əˈtɛn dəntat·ten·dant

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word ATTENDANT.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. attendant, attender, tendernoun

    someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another

  2. attendant, attender, attendee, meeternoun

    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"

  3. accompaniment, concomitant, attendant, co-occurrenceadjective

    an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another

  4. attendantadjective

    being present (at meeting or event etc.) "attendant members of the congreation"

  5. attendant, consequent, accompanying, concomitant, incidental, ensuant, resultant, sequentadjective

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. attendantnoun

    One who attends; one who works with or watches something.

    Give your keys to the parking attendants and they will park your car for you.

  2. attendantadjective

    Going with; associated; concomitant.

    They promoted him to supervisor, with all the attendant responsibilities and privileges.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Attendantadjective

    Accompanying as subordinate.

    Etymology: attendant, Fr.

    Other suns, perhaps,
    With their attendant moons, thou wilt descry,
    Communicating male and female light. Par. Lost, b. viii.

  2. Attendantnoun

    I will be returned forthwith; dismiss your attendant there; look it be done. William Shakespeare, Othello.

    When some gracious monarch dies,
    Soft whispers first and mournful murmurs rise
    Among the sad attendants. Dryden.

    I endeavour that my reader may not wait long for my meaning: to give an attendant quick dispatch is a civility. Thomas Burnet, Theory, Preface.

    He was a constant attendant at all meetings relating to charity, without contributing. Jonathan Swift, Fates of Clergymen.

    Beware,
    And govern well thy appetite, lest sin
    Surprize thee, and her black attendant, death. Par. L. b. vii.

    They secure themselves first from doing nothing, and then from doing ill; the one being so close an attendant on the other, that it is scarce possible to sever them. Decay of Piety.

    He had an unlimited sense of fame, the attendant of noble spirits, which prompted him to engage in travels. Alexander Pope, Ess. on H.

    It is hard to take into view all the attendants or consequents that will be concerned in the determination of a question. Isaac Watts, Improvement of the Mind.

ChatGPT

  1. attendant

    An attendant is a person who performs services for another person or an organization. This can involve various tasks such as assisting, helping, taking care, serving, or accompanying a person, often in a specific role or in a particular place. The term is commonly used in contexts such as customer service, healthcare, or event management.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Attendantverb

    being present, or in the train; accompanying; in waiting

  2. Attendantverb

    accompanying, connected with, or immediately following, as consequential; consequent; as, intemperance with all its attendant evils

  3. Attendantverb

    depending on, or owing duty or service to; as, the widow attendant to the heir

  4. Attendantnoun

    one who attends or accompanies in any character whatever, as a friend, companion, servant, agent, or suitor

  5. Attendantnoun

    one who is present and takes part in the proceedings; as, an attendant at a meeting

  6. Attendantnoun

    that which accompanies; a concomitant

  7. Attendantnoun

    one who owes duty or service to, or depends on, another

  8. Etymology: [F. attendant, p. pr. of attendre. See Attend, v. t.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ATTENDANT in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ATTENDANT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of ATTENDANT in a Sentence

  1. Ashraf Abdelkader:

    She did not want to get married, she wanted to follow her career... and wanted to be a flight attendant.

  2. Sandy Valdivieso:

    When the flight attendant said we were heading to Dhaka, we believed that this was how you pronounced 'Dakar' with a Turkish accent.

  3. Emmanuel Nahshon:

    What happened (in Zurich) proves that the nuclear deal ... created an unbridled incentive to pour billions of dollars into Iran without it being required to changes its policy of terror and belligerence, greed begets attempts to grovel before the Iranian regime, with attendant loss of basic sense and self-respect.

  4. Karen Momsen-Evers:

    Karen Momsen-Evers waited until airborne and reached out to another flight attendant. I begged Karen Momsen-Evers, I said I'm sure someone can make an emergency phone call, says Karen Momsen-Evers but the other crew member told Karen Momsen-Evers nothing could be done.I just wanted someone to go and try to save him.

  5. David Cooley:

    After my traveling companion and I had been seated in our assigned seats for a while, we were approached by the flight attendant and my companion was asked to move from his premium seat to coach, so a couple could sit together. I explained that we were a couple and wanted to sit together. He was given a choice to either give up the premium seat and move to coach or get off the plane. We could not bear the feeling of humiliation for an entire cross-country flight and left the plane. I cannot believe that an airline in this day and age would give a straight couple preferential treatment over a gay couple and go so far as to ask us to leave. we will never be flying Alaska Airlines or their recently purchasedVirgin Airlines Groupever again. Thank you to Delta Air Lines for getting us home safe. If you are an#LGBTperson, please spend your travel dollars with an LGBT-friendly airline like Delta.

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