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Meaning of Attendant | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
əˈtɛndənt

Definitions

  1. That has received a commission.
  2. One who attends; one who works with or watches over someone or something.
  3. Person covered by an assignment.
  4. A servant or valet.
  5. A visitor or caller; one who attends (is present at or regularly goes to) some event or place.
    archaic
  6. Commission.
  7. That which accompanies or follows.
  8. One who owes a duty or service to another.

Equivalents

العربية الخادم
Български свързан спъ́тник
བོད་སྐད བྲན་གཡོག
Gaeilge eachlach
Gàidhlig neach-frithealaidh
Te Reo Māori hāwini
Українська супрові́дни́й

Examples

“Give your keys to the parking attendants and they will park your car for you.”
“The most remarkable of all the attendants of the exhibition at the grove near Rockville, was the grace and loveliness of the young beauties, who, mingling with the crowd of farmers, were all intent and gazing upon the stock and other agricultural products, unconscious that they were themselves ‘the observed of all observers;’ […]”
“In early life our subject was an attendant of Public School No. 17 in Brooklyn, and after fitting himself for business he engaged in various occupations in New York city up to the year 1889, at which time he removed to the town of Hempstead, and during the succeeding six years followed fanning as an occupation.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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