attendant

  • 21attendant — 1 noun (C) 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, such as a king or queen 2 adjective formal 1 connected with or caused by something:… …

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  • 22attendant — 1. noun your attendant will be Edward Syn: steward, waiter, waitress, garçon, porter, servant, waitperson, stewardess; escort, companion, retainer, aide, lady in waiting, equerry, chaperone; manservant, valet, butler …

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  • 23attendant — 1. noun a royal attendant Syn: assistant, aide, companion, steward, equerry, escort, servant, retainer, valet, maid 2. adjective new discoveries and the attendant excitement Syn: accompanying, associated …

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  • 24attendant — /əˈtɛndənt / (say uh tenduhnt) noun 1. someone who attends another, as for service or company. 2. someone employed to take care or charge of someone or something, especially when this involves directing or assisting the public: a cloakroom… …

  • 25attendant —    An attendant in former times would have been a man or woman who attended upon a nobleman. Shakespeare uses the word many times with this meaning, though never in direct address. Today the word is most often used vocatively to the attendant in… …

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  • 26attendant — 1. noun One who attends; one who works with or watches something. Give your keys to the parking attendants and they will park your car for you. 2. adjective Going with; associated; concomitant. They promoted him to supervisor, with all the… …

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  • 27attendant — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ car park (BrE), garage, gas station (AmE), parking, parking lot (AmE), petrol pump (BrE) ▪ flight ▪ …

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  • 28attendant — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. aide, orderly, valet, nurse, usher, bellhop, servant, escort, companion, chaperon, caretaker, caregiver, warden, custodian, flight attendant, steward, stewardess, valet de chambre (French), maid, retainer, employee; see… …

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  • 29attendant — I. a. Accompanying, attending, concomitant, following, consequent. II. n. 1. Follower, satellite, companion, fellow, associate, escort, attender. 2. Attender, frequenter, person present. 3. Servant, vassal, servitor, dependant, retainer, squire,… …

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  • 30attendant — [əˈtendənt] noun [C] someone whose job is to help customers or people who visit a public place a museum attendant[/ex] …

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