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attendant

noun
/əˈtɛndənt/

Etymology

From Middle English attendant, attendaunt, from Old French attendant. By surface analysis, attend + -ant.

  1. derived from attendant
  2. inherited from attendant,attendaunt

Definitions

  1. One who attends

    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.

  2. A servant or valet.

  3. A visitor or caller

    A visitor or caller; one who attends (is present at or regularly goes to) some event or place.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. That which accompanies or follows.

    2. One who owes a duty or service to another.

    3. Going with

      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.

    4. 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.

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Derived

attendantly, cabin attendant, car attendant, cloakroom attendant, flight attendant, gaming attendant, meter attendant, nonattendant, parking attendant, pump attendant, school crossing attendant, traditional birth attendant, unattendant

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at attendant. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at attendant. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at attendant

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA