/ Dictionary / Index A attendant: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: at•tend•ant Pronunciation: (u-ten'dunt), [key] — n. a person who attends another, as to perform a service. an usher or clerk. a corollary or concomitant thing or quality. a person who is present, as at a meeting. —adj. being present or in attendance; accompanying. consequent; concomitant; associated; related: winter holidays and attendant parties; war and its attendant evils; poverty and its attendant hardships. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: attendant (Thesaurus) attendance officer attendee Related Content Daily Word Quiz: dentifrice Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language