attendant
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attendant
- /əˈtɛndənt/
Where it comes from
From Middle English attendant, attendaunt, from Old French attendant. By surface analysis, attend + -ant.
noun attendants · attendaunt
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One who attends; one who works with or watches over someone or something.
Give your keys to the parking attendants and they will park your car for you.
Similar: attender
- A servant or valet.
- A visitor or caller; one who attends (is present at or regularly goes to) some event or place. 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
- That which accompanies or follows.
- One who owes a duty or service to another.
adjective attendaunt
- Going with; associated; concomitant. They promoted him to supervisor, with all the attendant responsibilities and privileges.
- Depending on, or owing duty or service to. the widow attendant to the heir
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: accompanying, concomitant, related, incidental, incidental to, related to, caretaker, assistant, helper, escort, conductor, agent, auxiliary, employee, worker, steward
Translations
Every language
noun sales attendant
| Français | vendeur, vendeuse |
|---|---|
| Italiano | addetto, inserviente |
noun one who attends
| Español | guarda, atendiente, attendant |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 服务员 fúwùyuán |
| Português | assistente, atendedor, atendedora |
| Deutsch | Begleiter, Begleiterin, Bewacher, Bewacherin, Wächter, Wächterin |
| Italiano | assistente |
| Русский | слу́жащий slúžaščij, слу́жащая slúžaščaja, служи́тель služítelʹ, служи́тельница služítelʹnica, чино́вник činóvnik, чино́вница činóvnica |
noun servant, valet, domestic worker
| 中文 | 仆人 púrén |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Diener, Dienerin, Lakai, Kammerdiener, Kammerdienerin, Zofe |
| Italiano | servitore, domestico |
noun visitor, visitant, patron, attendee, attender
| Deutsch | Besucher, Besucherin, Gast, Gästin, Kunde, Kundin |
|---|---|
| Italiano | partecipante |
adj going with; associated; concomitant
| Português | inerente, respectivo |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | zugehörig, anwesend, begleitend |
| Русский | сопу́тствующий sopútstvujuščij, сопровожда́ющий soprovoždájuščij, свя́занный svjázannyj |
adj depending on; owing duty or service to
| Deutsch | abhängig, verpflichtet |
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Talk about this word "attendant." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/attendant. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. attendant. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/attendant "attendant." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/attendant.Cite this
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title = {attendant},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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