Attendant \At*tend"ant\, a. [F. attendant, p. pr. of attendre.
See Attend, v. t.]
1. Being present, or in the train; accompanying; in waiting.
[1913 Webster]
From the attendant flotilla rang notes triumph.
--Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]
Cherub and Seraph . . . attendant on their Lord.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]
2. Accompanying, connected with, or immediately following, as
consequential; consequent; as, intemperance with all its
attendant evils.
[1913 Webster]
The natural melancholy attendant upon his situation
added to the gloom of the owner of the mansion.
--Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Law) Depending on, or owing duty or service to; as, the
widow attendant to the heir. --Cowell.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Attendant \At*tend"ant\, n.
1. One who attends or accompanies in any character whatever,
as a friend, companion, servant, agent, or suitor. "A
train of attendants." --Hallam.
[1913 Webster]
2. One who is present and takes part in the proceedings; as,
an attendant at a meeting.
[1913 Webster]
3. That which accompanies; a concomitant.
[1913 Webster]
[A] sense of fame, the attendant of noble spirits.
--Pope.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Law) One who owes duty or service to, or depends on,
another. --Cowell.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
attendant
adj : following as a consequence; "an excessive growth of
bureaucracy, with related problems"; "snags incidental
to the changeover in management" [syn: accompanying,
concomitant, incidental, incidental to(p)]
n 1: someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of
another [syn: attender, tender]
2: a person who participates in a meeting; "he was a regular
attender at department meetings"; "the gathering satisfied
both organizers and attendees" [syn: attender, attendee,
meeter]
WordNet (r) 2.0
215 Moby Thesaurus words for "attendant":
Ganymede, Hebe, X-ray technician, accessible, accessory,
accompanier, accompanist, accompanying, accompanyist, acolyte,
adherent, adjunct, adjutant, after, agent, aid, aide, aide-de-camp,
aider, air warden, airline hostess, airline stewardess, ancilla,
ancillary, anesthetist, appendage, assistant, associated, at hand,
attendance, attending, auxiliary, available, batman, bellboy,
bellhop, bellman, best man, body of retainers, bootblack, boots,
buff, cabin boy, caddie, cadet, caretaker, castellan,
cavaliere servente, chaperon, chaperone, chore boy, coadjutant,
coadjutor, coadjutress, coadjutrix, cohort, coincident, collateral,
comate, combined, companion, companion piece, concomitant,
concurrent, conjoint, consecutive, consequent, conservator,
consort, copyboy, corollary, correlative, cortege, coupled, court,
courtier, cupbearer, curator, custodian, dangler, dependent,
depending, deputy, dietitian, disciple, dresser, ensuing,
entourage, errand boy, errand girl, escort, executive officer, fan,
fellow, flunky, follower, following, footboy, forest ranger,
game warden, gamekeeper, gofer, governor, guardian, guardian angel,
hanger-on, help, helper, helping, helpmate, helpmeet, henchman,
homme de cour, hospital administrator, hostess, immanent,
immediate, in view, incident, indwelling, inherent, janitor,
joined, joint, junior, keeper, laboratory technician, lackey,
later, lieutenant, lifeguard, lifesaver, lineal, mate, menial,
ministering, mutual, next friend, office boy, office girl,
on board, on deck, on hand, orderly, page, paired, parallel,
paranymph, paraprofessional, parasite, partisan, partner,
physical therapist, physiotherapist, posterior, present,
prochein ami, public, puisne, pursuer, pursuivant, radiographer,
radiotherapist, ranger, related, resultant, resulting, retinue,
rout, satellite, second, sectary, sequent, servant, servile,
serving, servitorial, shadow, shepherd, sideman, simultaneous,
slave, squire, steward, stewardess, stooge, striker, subordinate,
subsequent, succeeding, successive, successor, suite, supporter,
supporting actor, supporting instrumentalist, tagtail, tail,
tender, train, trainbearer, twin, underling, usher, usherette,
votary, waiting, ward heeler, warden, warder, within call,
within reach, within sight, yeoman, younger
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
ATTENDANT. One who owes a duty or service to another, or in some sort
depends upon him. Termes de la Ley, h.t. As to attendant terms, see Powell
on Morts. Index, tit. Attendant term; Park on Dower, c. 1 7.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
|
|
|