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Another word for attendant

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Noun

  1. A person who helps

    See also:

    help

  2. One that accompanies another

      1. Occurring or existing concurrently; attendant:
      2. One that occurs or exists concurrently with another.
      1. A person who accompanies or associates with another; a comrade.
      2. A domestic partner.
      3. A person employed to assist, live with, or travel with another.
      1. To connect in the mind or imagination:
      2. To connect or involve with a cause, group, or partner:
      3. To correlate or connect logically or causally:
      1. A vocal or instrumental part that supports another, often solo, part.
      2. Something, such as a situation, that accompanies something else; a concomitant.
      3. Something added for embellishment, completeness, or symmetry; complement.
    See also:

    accompanied

Adjective

  1. Occurring or existing with

    See also:

    accompanied

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Another word for attendant

Noun
      1. A person who works for another in return for financial or other compensation.
      1. One that retains, as a device, frame, or groove that restrains or guides.
      2. An appliance used to hold teeth in position after orthodontic treatment.
      3. An employee, typically a long-term employee.
      1. An unmarried girl or woman.
      2. A woman or girl who is a virgin.
      3. A housemaid or chambermaid.
      1. A woman flight attendant.
      1. One who manages another's property, finances, or other affairs.
      2. One who is in charge of the household affairs of a large estate, club, hotel, or resort.
      3. A ship's officer who is in charge of provisions and dining arrangements.
      1. A person who assists passengers in an aircraft.
      1. One that has charge of something; a caretaker:
      2. A janitor:
      1. The chief administrative official of a prison.
      2. An official charged with the enforcement of certain laws and regulations:
      3. The chief executive official in charge of a port or market.
      1. An individual, such as a physician, nurse, or social worker, who assists in the identification, prevention, or treatment of an illness or disability.
      2. An individual, such as a family member or guardian, who takes care of a child or dependent adult.
      1. One that is employed to look after or take charge of goods, property, or a person; a custodian.
      2. One that temporarily performs the duties of an office:
      1. An adult who accompanies or supervises one or more young, unmarried men or women during social occasions, usually with the specific intent of preventing some types of social or sexual interactions or illegal behavior.
      2. A hood, especially, an ornamental or official hood.
      3. A device placed on the foreheads of horses which draw the hearse in pompous funerals.
      1. A person who accompanies or associates with another; a comrade.
      2. A domestic partner.
      3. A person employed to assist, live with, or travel with another.
      1. One or more persons accompanying another to guide, protect, or show honor.
      2. A man who is the companion of a woman, especially on a social occasion.
      3. A person, often a prostitute, who is hired to spend time with another as a companion.
      1. One who is privately employed to perform domestic services.
      2. One who is publicly employed to perform services, as for a government.
      3. One who expresses submission, recognizance, or debt to another:
      1. A person employed by a hotel to assist guests, as by carrying luggage and doing errands.
      1. One who is employed to escort people to their seats, as in a theater, church, or stadium.
      2. A man who attends a bridal party at a wedding.
      3. One who serves as official doorkeeper, as in a courtroom or legislative chamber.
      1. A person trained to provide medical care for the sick or disabled, especially one who is licensed and works in a hospital or physician's office.
      2. A person employed to take care of a young child.
      3. A woman employed to suckle children other than her own; a wet nurse.
      1. A man's male servant, who takes care of his clothes and performs other personal services.
      2. An employee, as in a hotel or on a ship, who performs personal services for guests or passengers.
      3. A person who parks and retrieves cars for patrons of restaurants, theaters, and other business establishments.
      1. Free from disorder; neat or well-arranged:
      2. Having a systematic arrangement:
      3. Given to keeping things neat or well-arranged:
      1. An assistant; a helper:
      2. An aide-de-camp.
    See also:

    assistant

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Sentence Examples

  • The flight attendant approached and asked, "Can I get you anything?"

  • An attendant came in with punch.

  • The attendant made a hopeless gesture.

  • "I don't know," the attendant answered defensively.

  • The attendant pulled out the tray with a jerk, nearly dislodg­ing the body.

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