attendant
/əˈtɛndənt/
attendant noun: one who attends; one who works with or watches over someone or something.
Noun
attendant (plural attendants)
- One who attends; one who works with or watches over someone or something.
- Give your keys to the parking attendants and they will park your car for you.
- Synonyms:
- attender
- A servant or valet.
- A visitor or caller; one who attends (is present at or regularly goes to) some event or place.
- The most remarkable of all the attendants of the exhibition at the grove near Rockville, was the grace and loveliness of the young beauties, who, mingling with the crowd of farmers, were all intent and gazing upon the stock and other agricultural products, unconscious that they were themselves ‘the...1852, “Appendix”, in Address of Benjamin Hallowell, (of Alexandria, Virginia,) at the Meeting of the Agricultural Society of Montgomery County, Md., Held at Rockville, Montgomery Co., September 9...
- In early life our subject was an attendant of Public School No. 17 in Brooklyn, and after fitting himself for business he engaged in various occupations in New York city up to the year 1889, at which time he removed to the town of Hempstead, and during the succeeding six years followed fanning as...1903, William S[mith] Pelletreau, A History of Long island from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, volume III, New York, N.Y.; Chicago, Ill.: The Lewis Publishing Company, page 129, column 2
- That which accompanies or follows.
- One who owes a duty or service to another.
Adjective
attendant
- Going with; associated; concomitant.
- They promoted him to supervisor, with all the attendant responsibilities and privileges.
- The natural melancholy attendant upon his situation added to the gloom of the owner of the mansion.1822, [Walter Scott], Peveril of the Peak. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC
- Depending on, or owing duty or service to.
- the widow attendant to the heir
- The tenant in dower[…]shall be attendant unto them by the rate and portion of the rent.1528, John Perkins, Profitable Booke
attendant meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
attendant in Hindi
- attendant
- नौकरानी naukrānī
- attendant, follower
- साथी sāthī
attendant in Tamil
- உடனிருக்கிற, உடன் செல்கின்ற, துணையாள், துணையாளன், ஊழியன், உடன் செல்கிற
attendant in Marathi
- परिचर
attendant in Urdu
- attendant
- نوکرانی naukrānī, خادم xādim
More languagesFewer languages
- attendant in Malayalam
- പൊതുസ്ഥലങ്ങളിലെ സൂക്ഷിപ്പുകാരൻ, സേവകൻ
- attendant in Kannada
- ಅಚ್ಚುಳಾಯ್ತ, ತುಳಿಲಾಳು, ಸೈಸದ್ದಕ
- attendant in Punjabi
- ਸੇਵਾਦਾਰ sevādār
- attendant in Gujarati
- હજૂરિયો hajūriyo
- attendant in Nepali
- परिचारक, परिचर
Examples of attendant in a sentence
- I hoped to park in the members' area but the attendant showed me the red card.
- Self-serve gas stations are popular with owners because they need fewer attendants.
- “Please pull forward and pay at the drive-through,” said the attendant upon taking my order.
Synonyms of attendant
Forms of attendant
| plural | attendants |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | attendaunt |
Origin of attendant
From Middle English attendant, attendaunt, from Old French attendant. By surface analysis, attend + -ant.
Words formed from attendant
Questions about attendant
- What does attendant mean?
- Attendant means one who attends; one who works with or watches over someone or something.
- What is attendant in Hindi?
- Attendant in Hindi is नौकरानी (naukrānī), साथी (sāthī). See Attendant meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is attendant?
- Attendant can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce attendant?
- Attendant is pronounced /əˈtɛndənt/.
- What is the plural of attendant?
- The plural of attendant is attendants.
Words near attendant in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: attendant (page history and authors); नौकरानी (Hindi) (page history and authors); attendant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); attendant (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); خادم (Urdu) (page history and authors); attendant (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); attendant (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਸੇਵਾਦਾਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); હજૂરિયો (Gujarati) (page history and authors); attendant (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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