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  • 21attendant — n. 1) a flight; wedding attendant 2) an attendant to * * * [ə tendənt] wedding attendant a flight an attendant to …

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  • 22attendant — {{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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  • 23attendant — 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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  • 24attendant — 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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  • 25attendant — 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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  • 26attendant — 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:… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 27attendant — 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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  • 28attendant — 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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  • 29attendant — /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… …

  • 30attendant control of trunk group access —    The attendant controls and restricts access from stations to various trunk groups. Restricted calls are usually routed to the attendant …

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