attendant

Noun
  1. Someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another (synset 109841233)
    is a type of: assistant, help, helper, supporter - a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
    subtypes:
    • companion - one paid to accompany or assist or live with another
    • baggageman - an attendant who takes care of baggage
    • batman - an orderly assigned to serve a British military officer
    • bellboy, bellhop, bellman - someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels
    • bridesmaid, maid of honor - an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding
    • caddie, golf caddie - an attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player
    • checker - an attendant who checks coats or baggage
    • courtier - an attendant at the court of a sovereign
    • cupbearer - the attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine
    • equerry - a personal attendant of the British royal family
    • escort - an attendant who is employed to accompany someone
    • esquire - (Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthood
    • famulus - a close attendant (as to a scholar)
    • gillie - a young male attendant on a Scottish Highlander chief
    • groomsman - a male attendant of the bridegroom at a wedding
    • lifeguard, lifesaver - an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents
    • linkboy, linkman - (formerly) an attendant hired to carry a torch for pedestrians in dark streets
    • loader - an attendant who loads guns for someone shooting game
    • matron of honor - a married woman serving as the attendant to the bride at a wedding
    • hospital attendant, orderly - a male hospital attendant who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patients
    • orderly - a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer
    • page, varlet - in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood
    • page - a youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddings
    • racker - an attendant who puts pool or billiard balls into a rack
    • rocker - an attendant who rocks a child in a cradle
    • second - the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match
    • servitor - someone who performs the duties of an attendant for someone else
    • squire - young nobleman attendant on a knight
    • gallant, squire - a man who attends or escorts a woman
    • flight attendant, steward - an attendant on an airplane
    • litter-bearer, stretcher-bearer - one who helps carry a stretcher
    • trainbearer - one who holds up the train of a gown or robe on a ceremonial occasion
    • arouser, rouser, waker - someone who rouses others from sleep
    same as: attender, tender
  2. A person who is present and participates in a meeting (synset 109631032)
    "he was a regular attender at department meetings"; "the gathering satisfied both organizers and attendees"
    is a type of: participant, player - someone who takes part in an activity
    subtypes:
    same as: attendee, attender, meeter
  3. An event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another (synset 107299259)
    is a type of: happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent - an event that happens
    subtypes:
    • associate - any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another
    • background - relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation
    same as: accompaniment, co-occurrence, concomitant
Adjective
  1. Being present (at a meeting or event, etc.) (synset 301852738)
    "attendant members of the congregation"
    similar to: present - being or existing in a specified place
  2. Occurring with or following as a consequence (synset 300123654)
    "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems"; "snags incidental to the changeover in management"; "attendant circumstances"; "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness"; "the ensuant response to his appeal"; "the resultant savings were considerable"; "collateral target damage from a bombing run"
    similar to: subsequent - following in time or order
    same as: accompanying, collateral, concomitant, consequent, ensuant, incidental, resultant, sequent

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