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English Dictionary: attendant	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for attendant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
attendant adj being present (at meeting or event etc.) "attendant members of the congreation" 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" Synonym(s): attendant, consequent, accompanying, concomitant, incidental, ensuant, resultant, sequent n someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another Synonym(s): attendant, attender, tender 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" Synonym(s): attendant, attender, attendee, meeter an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another Synonym(s): accompaniment, concomitant, attendant, co-occurrence
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Attendant \Attend"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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Attendant \Attend"ant\, n. 1. One who attends or accompanies in any character whatever, as a friend, companion, servant, agent, or suitor. [bd]A train of attendants.[b8] --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.