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attendants

Syllables: at·ten·dants/əˈtɛndənts/

attendants is the plural of attendant.

Meaning of attendant

Noun

attendant (plural attendants)

  1. 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
  2. A servant or valet.
  3. (archaic) 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...
  4. That which accompanies or follows.
  5. One who owes a duty or service to another.

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Phrases with attendants

Questions about attendants

What is attendants the plural of?
Attendants is the plural of attendant.
How do you pronounce attendants?
Attendants is pronounced /əˈtɛndənts/.

Words near attendants in the dictionary

  1. attendances
  2. attendancies
  3. attendancy
  4. attendant
  5. attendantly
  6. attendants
  7. attendaunce
  8. attendaunces
  9. attendaunt
  10. attendaunts
  11. attended

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