attendant

  • 11attendant — I UK [əˈtendənt] / US noun [countable] Word forms attendant : singular attendant plural attendants * 1) someone whose job is to help customers or people who visit a public place a car park attendant 2) someone whose job is to look after another… …

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  • 12attendant — (EN) ladv., provisoirement ; provisoire : adê (Ste Foy) ; ê n atêdêê (Albanais), un n atundun (Dingy St Clair, Gd Bornand). E. : Aussi. A1) en attendant, pour attendant te /// vous attendant dépanner // sortir d embarras // tirer de ce mauvais… …

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  • 13attendant — at|tend|ant1 [əˈtendənt] n 1.) someone whose job is to look after or help customers in a public place ▪ a carpark attendant 2.) someone who looks after a very important person, for example a king or queen attendant 2 attendant2 adj formal… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14attendant — at|ten|dant1 [ ə tendənt ] noun count * 1. ) someone whose job is to help customers or people who visit a public place: a gas station/parking lot attendant 2. ) someone whose job is to take care of another person, especially a person who is in an …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 15attendant — [[t]əte̱ndənt[/t]] attendants 1) N COUNT: usu n N An attendant is someone whose job is to serve or help people in a place such as a petrol station, a car park, or a cloakroom. Tony Williams was working as a car park attendant in Los Angeles. Syn …

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  • 16attendant — n. 1) a flight; wedding attendant 2) an attendant to * * * [ə tendənt] wedding attendant a flight an attendant to …

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  • 17attendant — {{11}}attendant (adj.) late 14c., solicitous, attentive, see ATTENDANT (Cf. attendant) (n.). Sense of serving under, accompanying in a dependant position is from c.1400. {{12}}attendant (n.) 1550s, one who waits upon, from the adjective, or from… …

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  • 18attendant — n. & adj. n. a person employed to wait on others or provide a service (cloakroom attendant; museum attendant). adj. 1 accompanying (attendant circumstances). 2 waiting on; serving (ladies attendant on the queen). Etymology: ME f. OF (as ATTEND,… …

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  • 19attendant — I. noun Date: 15th century 1. one who attends another to perform a service; especially an employee who waits on customers 2. something that accompanies ; concomitant 3. attendee II. adjective Date: 15th century …

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  • 20attendant — attendantly, adv. /euh ten deuhnt/, n. 1. a person who attends another, as to perform a service. 2. Chiefly Brit. an usher or clerk. 3. a corollary or concomitant thing or quality. 4. a person who is present, as at a meeting. adj. 5. being… …

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