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Attendant   /ətˈɛndənt/   Listen
Attendant

noun
1.
Someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another.  Synonyms: attender, tender.
2.
A person who is present and participates in a meeting.  Synonyms: attendee, attender, meeter.  "The gathering satisfied both organizers and attendees"
3.
An event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another.  Synonyms: accompaniment, co-occurrence, concomitant.
adjective
1.
Being present (at meeting or event etc.).
2.
Following or accompanying as a consequence.  Synonyms: accompanying, concomitant, consequent, ensuant, incidental, resultant, sequent.  "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"



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"Attendant" Quotes from Famous Books



... father caught her in his arms and carried her to the carriage, where Violet was ready to uphold her sinking head. Mr. Martindale took the short way, and was at home before them, to lift her out, and transport her at once to her room. Since the marriage of Pauline, Theodora had given up a personal attendant, and no ladies' maids were forthcoming, except Miss Standaloft, whose nerves could not endure the sight of Mrs. Nesbit, far less of Miss Martindale, so the whole business of undressing fell upon ...
— Heartsease - or Brother's Wife • Charlotte M. Yonge

... occasions of importance, and is conducted as follows:—The sacred stem is placed on two forked sticks to prevent its touching the ground, as that would be considered a great evil. A stone pipe is then filled with tobacco, by an attendant specially appointed to that office, and affixed to the stem, which is presented to the principal chief. That individual, with a gravity and hauteur that is unsurpassed in the annals of pomposity, receives the pipe in both hands, blows a puff to the east (probably ...
— The Young Fur Traders • R.M. Ballantyne

... as a working hypothesis. It breaks down on the King's narrative to Lennox about Ruthven's captive and hoard. It breaks down on 'one other attending'—the man in the turret—whatever else he may have been, he was no harmless attendant. It breaks down on the locked door between the King, and Lennox and Mar, which Bowes omits. It is ruined by Gowrie's repeated false assurances that the King had ...
— James VI and the Gowrie Mystery • Andrew Lang

... joined with the Son of God in the execution of the general judgment. In Rev. xix. 14, it is said that "the armies in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean." This clothing proves that the attendant army consisted of the saints made perfect in righteousness, as will be evident by comparing vv. 7 and 8 of the same chapter. In v. 15 it is asserted respecting "The Word of God," that "he shall rule the nations ...
— An Essay on the Scriptural Doctrine of Immortality • James Challis

... moved slowly onwards. Immediately after the body came the venerable father and mother, {87} bending with age, and weeping through much affliction of heart. Their appearance was calculated to excite every emotion of pity, love, and esteem. The other relatives followed them in order, and the several attendant ...
— The Annals of the Poor • Legh Richmond


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