attendant

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at·tend·ant / əˈtendənt/ • n. 1. a person employed to provide a service to the public in a particular place: a gas station attendant. ∎  an assistant to an important person; a servant or courtier.2. a person who is present at an event, meeting, or function: a regular attendant at chapel.• adj. occurring with or as a result of; accompanying: the sea and its attendant attractions the dangers attendant on solitary life. ∎  (of a person or animal) accompanying another as a companion or assistant.

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