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Antonyms for attendant


Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : uh-ten-duhnt
Phonetic Transcription : əˈtɛn dənt



Definition of attendant

Origin :
  • 1550s, "one who waits upon," from the adjective, or from Middle French atendant, noun use of present participle of atendre (see attend).
  • adj being present or related
  • noun person who serves others
Example sentences :
  • For twenty-three days more Eyre and his attendant Wylie pursued their way.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • Now Sami was found, an attendant whom he could call whenever he wanted him.
  • Extract from : « What Sami Sings with the Birds » by Johanna Spyri
  • The fellow was attired in the uniform of an attendant at the sanitarium.
  • Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman
  • Should he make inquiries of the attendant concerning that which he so desired to know?
  • Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman
  • Frank saw it would be best to leave before the attendant arrived.
  • Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman
  • In a little while the attendant came back to report there was no trace of Frank.
  • Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman
  • But the appearance of the Pasha is not without its attendant state.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 » by Various
  • To which the novice (being to that end instructed by his attendant sponsors) replied 'I do!'
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • He rang the bell and told the attendant to say that the merchant might bring his daughter to him now.
  • Extract from : « Father Sergius » by Leo Tolstoy
  • In the vestibule he slipped a half-crown into the attendant's hand.
  • Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim

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