attendant
pronunciation
How to pronounce attendant in British English:
UK [əˈtendənt]
How to pronounce attendant in American English:
US [əˈtendənt]
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- Noun:
- someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
- a person who participates in a meeting
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- Adjective:
- following as a consequence
Word Origin
- attendant (n.)
- 1550s, "one who waits upon," from the adjective, or from Middle French atendant, noun use of present participle of atendre (see attend).
- attendant (adj.)
- late 14c., "solicitous, attentive," see attendant (n.). Sense of "serving under, accompanying in a dependant position" is from c. 1400.
Example
- 1. Attendant : can you describe it , sir ?
- 2. But none wants us-style tort suits with their attendant huge damages .
- 3. There is a plastic seat for an attendant beside the shrine , but when I visited even he wasn 't there .
- 4. If the latter , then how can americans justify the immense cost in money and manpower , and the inevitable loss of life , attendant upon general mcchrystal 's plan ?
- 5. An attendant at 14 wall st. says the space is vacant .