- a person who accompanies or waits upon another
- a person employed to assist, guide, or provide a service for others, esp for the general public
- a person who is present
- being in attendance
- associated; accompanying; related: attendant problems
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
at•tend•ant /əˈtɛndənt/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
adj. [before a noun]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- a person who waits on, cares for, or looks after someone or something.
adj. [before a noun]
- being present or in attendance;
accompanying:the champion with his attendant admirers. - associated;
related: poverty and its attendant hardships.
at•tend•ant
(ə ten′dənt),USA pronunciation n.
adj.
at•tend′ant•ly, adv.
- a person who attends another, as to perform a service.
- British Terms[Chiefly Brit.]an usher or clerk.
- a corollary or concomitant thing or quality.
- a person who is present, as at a meeting.
adj.
- being present or in attendance;
accompanying. - consequent;
concomitant;
associated;
related:winter holidays and attendant parties;war and its attendant evils;poverty and its attendant hardships.
- Middle French, present participle of attendre to notice, await. See attend, -ant
- Middle English 1350–1400
- 1. escort, companion, comrade; follower, retainer, servant. 3. accompaniment, consequence.
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attendant /əˈtɛndənt/ n