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attendant definition

at·tend·ant (-dənt)

adjective

  1. attending or serving an attendant nurse
  2. being present
  3. accompanying as a circumstance or result attendant difficulties

noun

  1. a person who attends or serves an attendant at the zoo, a queen's attendants
  2. a person present
  3. an accompanying thing; concomitant

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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