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Attendant   /ətˈɛndənt/   Listen
noun
Attendant  n.  
1.
One who attends or accompanies in any character whatever, as a friend, companion, servant, agent, or suitor. "A train of attendants."
2.
One who is present and takes part in the proceedings; as, an attendant at a meeting.
3.
That which accompanies; a concomitant. "(A) sense of fame, the attendant of noble spirits."
4.
(Law) One who owes duty or service to, or depends on, another.


adjective
Attendant  adj.  
1.
Being present, or in the train; accompanying; in waiting. "From the attendant flotilla rang notes triumph." "Cherub and Seraph... attendant on their Lord."
2.
Accompanying, connected with, or immediately following, as consequential; consequent; as, intemperance with all its attendant evils. "The natural melancholy attendant upon his situation added to the gloom of the owner of the mansion."
3.
(Law) Depending on, or owing duty or service to; as, the widow attendant to the heir.
Attendant keys (Mus.), the keys or scales most nearly related to, or having most in common with, the principal key; those, namely, of its fifth above, or dominant, its fifth below (fourth above), or subdominant, and its relative minor or major.





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"Attendant" Quotes from Famous Books



... head, his face beatific with joy. He resembled the youthful Saint George after slaying the dragon. She was startled. Her eyes positively lightened; he listened for the attendant ...
— Visionaries • James Huneker
... INGER). You have doubtless been told that another rode through the gate along with me? The Count was my attendant. ...
— Henrik Ibsen's Prose Dramas Vol III. • Henrik Ibsen
... gradually, been reconciled to it; and discovering it to be one of the most advantageous branches of industry, although accompanied with some labor and exposed to the influence of droughts and excessive heats, as well as to the risks attendant on the extraordinary anticipation of the rainy seasons, have of late years paid more attention to it. The quintal of indigo of the first class costs the planter from $35 to $40 at most; and in the market of Manila it has been sold from $60 to $130, according ...
— The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes • Fedor Jagor; Tomas de Comyn; Chas. Wilkes; Rudolf Virchow.
... Louisa were the names Bestowed upon these daughters at their birth, And 'twas foretold by some attendant dames That each when grown would have uncommon worth. This prophecy gave rise to harmless mirth In after years, and led the girls to say That in their conduct there should be no dearth Of loveliness, for fear it should ...
— The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales In Verse - Together With Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects • Thomas Cowherd
... dangerous enterprise. In the Caliph's palace Huon fights with Babekan, Rezia's suitor, rescues the maiden, and with the aid of the magic horn carries her off from the palace, while his esquire Sherasmin performs the same kind office for Fatima, Rezia's attendant. On their way home they encounter a terrific storm, raised by the power of Oberon to try their constancy. They are ship-wrecked, and Rezia is carried off by pirates to Tunis, whilst Huon is left for dead upon the ...
— The Opera - A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions - of all Works in the Modern Repertory • R.A. Streatfeild


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