attendant

at·ten·dant  (-tndnt)

n.

1. One who attends or waits on another.

2. One who is present.

3. An accompanying thing or circumstance; a concomitant.

adj.

1. Being present: ships and attendant sailors.

2. Accompanying or following as a result: attendant circumstances.

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at·tendant·ly adv.

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attendant [əˈtɛndənt]

n

1. a person who accompanies or waits upon another

2. (Business / Professions) a person employed to assist, guide, or provide a service for others, esp for the general public a lavatory attendant

3. a person who is present

4. a logical consequence or natural accompaniment hatred is often an attendant of jealousy

adj

1. being in attendance

2. associated; accompanying; related attendant problems

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	attendant - someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another attender, tender companion - one paid to accompany or assist or live with another assistant, helper, help, supporter - a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work" baggageman - an attendant who takes care of baggage batman - an orderly assigned to serve a British military officer bellboy, bellhop, bellman - someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels bridesmaid, maid of honor - an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding caddie, golf caddie - an attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player checker - an attendant who checks coats or baggage courtier - an attendant at the court of a sovereign cupbearer - the attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine equerry - a personal attendant of the British royal family escort - an attendant who is employed to accompany someone esquire - (Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthood famulus - a close attendant (as to a scholar) gillie - a young male attendant on a Scottish Highlander chief groomsman - a male attendant of the bridegroom at a wedding lifeguard, lifesaver - an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents linkboy, linkman - (formerly) an attendant hired to carry a torch for pedestrians in dark streets loader - an attendant who loads guns for someone shooting game matron of honor - a married woman serving as the attendant to the bride at a wedding hospital attendant, orderly - a male hospital attendant who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patients orderly - a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer; "the orderly laid out the general's uniform" varlet, page - in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood page - a youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddings racker - an attendant who puts pool or billiard balls into a rack rocker - an attendant who rocks a child in a cradle second - the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match servitor - someone who performs the duties of an attendant for someone else squire - young nobleman attendant on a knight gallant, squire - a man who attends or escorts a woman flight attendant, steward - an attendant on an airplane litter-bearer, stretcher-bearer - one who helps carry a stretcher trainbearer - one who holds up the train of a gown or robe on a ceremonial occasion arouser, rouser, waker - someone who rouses others from sleep
	2.	attendant - a person who is present and participates in a meeting; "he was a regular attender at department meetings"; "the gathering satisfied both organizers and attendees" attendee, meeter, attender conventioneer - someone who attends a convention participant - someone who takes part in an activity partygoer - someone who is attending a party; "the hall was crowded with an overflow of partygoers" symposiast - someone who participates in a symposium
	3.	attendant - an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another accompaniment, co-occurrence, concomitant happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent - an event that happens associate - any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another; "first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate" background - relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation; "when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background"
Adj.	1.	attendant - being present (at meeting or event etc.) "attendant members of the congreation" present - being or existing in a specified place; "the murderer is present in this room"; "present at the wedding"; "present at the creation"
	2.	attendant - following or accompanying as a consequence; "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems"; "snags incidental to the changeover in management"; "attendant circumstances"; "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness"; "the ensuant response to his appeal"; "the resultant savings were considerable" accompanying, concomitant, consequent, ensuant, resultant, sequent, incidental subsequent - following in time or order; "subsequent developments"

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attendant

noun

assistant, guide, guard, servant, companion, aide, escort, follower, steward, waiter, usher, warden, helper, auxiliary, custodian, page, menial, concierge, underling, lackey, chaperon, flunky He was working as a car-park attendant.

adjective

accompanying, related, associated, accessory, consequent, resultant, concomitant His victory, and all the attendant publicity, were deserved.

Translations

attendant [əˈtendənt]

A. N

1. (in car park, museum) → guarda mf, celador(a) m/f (Theat) → acomodador(a) m/f; (at wedding etc) → acompañante mf

2. (= servant) → sirviente/a m/f
the prince and his attendants → el príncipe y su séquito

B. ADJ

1. (frm) (= associated) → relacionado, concomitante
the attendant circumstances → las circunstancias concomitantes
the attendant difficulties → las dificultades intrínsecas
old age and its attendant ills → la vejez y los achaques correspondientes
the risks attendant on the exploration of the unknown → los riesgos que conlleva la exploración de lo desconocido

2. (= accompanying) → de compañía
the attendant crowd → la gente que asistía
to be attendant (up)on sb → atender a algn

attendant [əˈtɛndənt]

n → employé(e) m/f, gardien(ne) m/f

adj [danger, publicity] → qui s'ensuit

attendant

n (in retinue) → Begleiter(in) m(f); (in public toilets) → Toilettenwart m, → Toilettenfrau f; (in swimming baths) → Bademeister(in) m(f); (in art galleries, museums) → Aufseher(in) m(f), → Wärter(in) m(f); (= medical attendant) → Krankenpfleger(in) m(f); (of royalty) → Kammerherr m → /-frau f; her attendants → ihr Gefolge nt

adj

problems etc → (da)zugehörig, damit verbunden; attendant circumstances → Begleitumstände pl; old age and its attendant ills → Alter und die damit verbundenen Beschwerden; to be attendant (up)on something → mit etw zusammenhängen, etw begleiten

(form: = serving) to be attendant on somebody (lady-in-waiting etc) → jdm aufwarten; there were two attendant nurses → es waren zwei Krankenschwestern anwesend

attendant [əˈtɛndənt] n

1. (in car park, museum) → custode m/f; (servant) → attendente m/f, persona di servizio

2. adj (frm) → concomitante