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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ATTEND'ANT, a.
1. Accompanying; being present, or in the train.
Other suns with their attendant moons.
2. Accompanying, connected with, or immediately following, as consequential; as, intemperance with all its attendant evils.
3. In law, depending on or owing service to; as, the wife attendant to the heir.
ATTEND'ANT, n.
1. One who attends or accompanies, in any character whatever, as a friend, companion, minister or servant; one who belongs to the train.
2. One who is present; as an attendant at or upon a meeting.
3. One who owes service to or depends on another.
4. That which accompanies or is consequent to.
A love of fame, the attendant of noble spirits.
Shame is the attendant of vice.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: being present (at meeting or event etc.) "attendant members of the congreation"
2: 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" [syn: attendant, consequent, accompanying, concomitant, incidental, ensuant, resultant, sequent] n
1: someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another [syn: attendant, attender, tender]
2: 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" [syn: attendant, attender, attendee, meeter]
3: an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another [syn: accompaniment, concomitant, attendant, co-occurrence]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Date: 15th century 1. one who attends another to perform a service; especially an employee who waits on customers 2. something that accompanies ; concomitant 3. attendee II. adjective Date: 15th century 1. accompanying, waiting upon, or following in order to perform service <Cherub and Seraph…attendant on their Lord — John Milton> 2. accompanying or following as a consequence or result <problems attendant on pollution> <civilization and its attendant morality — Robert Stone>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & adj. --n. a person employed to wait on others or provide a service (cloakroom attendant; museum attendant). --adj. 1 accompanying (attendant circumstances). 2 waiting on; serving (ladies attendant on the queen). Etymology: ME f. OF (as ATTEND, -ANT)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Attendant At*tend"ant, n. 1. One who attends or accompanies in any character whatever, as a friend, companion, servant, agent, or suitor. ``A train of attendants.'' --Hallam. 2. One who is present and takes part in the proceedings; as, an attendant at a meeting. 3. That which accompanies; a concomitant. [A] sense of fame, the attendant of noble spirits. --Pope. 4. (Law) One who owes duty or service to, or depends on, another. --Cowell.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Attendant At*tend"ant, a. [F. attendant, p. pr. of attendre. See Attend, v. t.] 1. Being present, or in the train; accompanying; in waiting. From the attendant flotilla rang notes triumph. --Sir W. Scott. Cherub and Seraph . . . attendant on their Lord. --Milton. 2. Accompanying, connected with, or immediately following, as consequential; consequent; as, intemperance with all its attendant evils. The natural melancholy attendant upon his situation added to the gloom of the owner of the mansion. --Sir W. Scott. 3. (Law) Depending on, or owing duty or service to; as, the widow attendant to the heir. --Cowell. Attendant keys (Mus.), the keys or scales most nearly related to, or having most in common with, the principal key; those, namely, of its fifth above, or dominant, its fifth below (fourth above), or subdominant, and its relative minor or major.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(attendants) 1. An attendant is someone whose job is to serve or help people in a place such as a petrol station, a car park, or a cloakroom. Tony Williams was working as a car-park attendant in Los Angeles. N-COUNT: usu n N 2. You use attendant to describe something that results from a thing already mentioned or that is connected with it. Mr Branson's victory, and all the attendant publicity, were well deserved. ...the risks attendant on the exploration of the unknown. = resulting ADJ: ADJ n, v-link ADJ on/upon n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. a. Accompanying, attending, concomitant, following, consequent. II. n. 1. Follower, satellite, companion, fellow, associate, escort, attender. 2. Attender, frequenter, person present. 3. Servant, vassal, servitor, dependant, retainer, squire, domestic, footman, lackey, valet, waiter, flunky, underling, menial, understrapper, tender. 4. Accompaniment, concomitant, attendant circumstance, consequence.

Moby Thesaurus

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