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Meaning of attendant

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  attendant
      adj 1: being present (at meeting or event etc.) "attendant
             members of the congreation"
      2: following or accompanying as a consequence; "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" [syn:
         {attendant}, {consequent}, {accompanying}, {concomitant},
         {incidental}, {ensuant}, {resultant}, {sequent}]
      n 1: someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of
           another [syn: {attendant}, {attender}, {tender}]
      2: a person who is present and participates in a meeting; "he
         was a regular attender at department meetings"; "the
         gathering satisfied both organizers and attendees" [syn:
         {attendant}, {attender}, {attendee}, {meeter}]
      3: an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in
         connection with another [syn: {accompaniment}, {concomitant},
         {attendant}, {co-occurrence}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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