1.  attendant(n = noun.person) attender, tender - someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another;
is a kind of assistant, help, helper, supporter
has particulars: companion, baggageman, batman, bellboy, bellhop, bellman, bridesmaid, maid of honor, caddie, golf caddie, checker, courtier, cupbearer, equerry, escort, esquire, famulus, gillie, groomsman, lifeguard, lifesaver, linkboy, linkman, loader, matron of honor, hospital attendant, orderly, orderly, page, varlet, page, racker, rocker, second, servitor, squire, gallant, squire, flight attendant, steward, litter-bearer, stretcher-bearer, trainbearer, arouser, rouser, waker
Derived form verb attend₄

2.  attendant(n = noun.person) attendee, attender, meeter - a person who is present and participates in a meeting; "he was a regular attender at department meetings"; "the gathering satisfied both organizers and attendees"
is a kind of participant
has particulars: conventioneer, partygoer, symposiast
Derived forms verb attend₁, adjective attendant₁

3.  attendant(n = noun.event) accompaniment, co-occurrence, concomitant - an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another;
is a kind of happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent
has particulars: associate, background
Derived form adjective attendant₂

1.  attendant(s = adj.all) - being present (at meeting or event etc.); "attendant members of the congreation"
Derived forms noun attendance₁, noun attendance₃, noun attendance₂, noun attendant₂

2.  attendant(s = adj.all) accompanying, concomitant, consequent, ensuant, incidental, resultant, sequent - following or accompanying as a consequence; "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems"; "snags incidental to the changeover in management"; "attendant circumstances"; "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness"; "the ensuant response to his appeal"; "the resultant savings were considerable"
Derived forms verb attend₃, noun attendant₃

1.  Being present, or in the train; accompanying; in waiting. [1913 Webster]
"From the attendant flotilla rang notes triumph." [1913 Webster]
"Cherub and Seraph . . . attendant on their Lord." [1913 Webster]

2.  Accompanying, connected with, or immediately following, as consequential; consequent; as, intemperance with all its attendant evils. [1913 Webster]
"The natural melancholy attendant upon his situation added to the gloom of the owner of the mansion." [1913 Webster]

3.  Depending on, or owing duty or service to; as, the widow attendant to the heir. Cowell. [1913 Webster]

1.  One who attends or accompanies in any character whatever, as a friend, companion, servant, agent, or suitor. Hallam. [1913 Webster]

2.  One who is present and takes part in the proceedings; as, an attendant at a meeting. [1913 Webster]

3.  That which accompanies; a concomitant. [1913 Webster]
"[A] sense of fame, the attendant of noble spirits." [1913 Webster]

4.  One who owes duty or service to, or depends on, another. Cowell. [1913 Webster]

attendant, n. & adj.
--n. a person employed to wait on others or provide a service (cloakroom attendant; museum attendant).
--adj.
1 accompanying (attendant circumstances).
2 waiting on; serving (ladies attendant on the queen).

Etymology:
ME f. OF (as ATTEND, -ANT)

N  accompaniment, adjunct, context, appendage, appurtenance, coexistence, concomitance, company, association, companionship, partnership, copartnership, coefficiency, concomitant, accessory, coefficient, companion, buddy, attendant, fellow, associate, friend, colleague, consort, spouse, mate, partner, co-partner, satellite, hanger on, fellow-traveller, shadow, escort, cortege, attribute, accompanying, concomitant, fellow, twin, joint, associated with, coupled with, accessory, attendant, obbligato, with, withal, together with, along with, in company with, hand in hand, side by side, cheek by jowl, cheek by jole, arm in arm, therewith, herewith, and, together, in a body, collectively, noscitur a sociis, virtutis fortuna comes, accompaniment, adjunct, context, appendage, appurtenance, coexistence, concomitance, company, association, companionship, partnership, copartnership, coefficiency, concomitant, accessory, coefficient, companion, buddy, attendant, fellow, associate, friend, colleague, consort, spouse, mate, partner, co-partner, satellite, hanger on, fellow-traveller, shadow, escort, cortege, attribute, accompanying, concomitant, fellow, twin, joint, associated with, coupled with, accessory, attendant, obbligato, with, withal, together with, along with, in company with, hand in hand, side by side, cheek by jowl, cheek by jole, arm in arm, therewith, herewith, and, together, in a body, collectively, noscitur a sociis, virtutis fortuna comes.

N  servant, subject, liegeman, servant, retainer, follower, henchman, servitor, domestic, menial, help, lady help, employe, attache, official, retinue, suite, cortege, staff, court, attendant, squire, usher, page, donzel, footboy, train bearer, cup bearer, waiter, lapster, butler, livery servant, lackey, footman, flunky, flunkey, valet, valet de chambre, equerry, groom, jockey, hostler, ostler, tiger, orderly, messenger, cad, gillie, herdsman, swineherd, barkeeper, bartender, bell boy, boots, boy, counterjumper, khansamah, khansaman, khitmutgar, yardman, bailiff, castellan, seneschal, chamberlain, major-domo, groom of the chambers, secretary, under secretary, assistant secretary, clerk, subsidiary, agent, subaltern, underling, understrapper, man, maid, maidservant, handmaid, confidente, lady's maid, abigail, soubrette, amah, biddy, nurse, bonne, ayah, nursemaid, nursery maid, house maid, parlor maid, waiting maid, chamber maid, kitchen maid, scullery maid, femme de chambre, femme fille, camarista, chef de cuisine, cordon bleu, cook, scullion, Cinderella, potwalloper, maid of all work, servant of all work, laundress, bedmaker, journeyman, charwoman, bearer, chokra, gyp (Cambridge), hamal, scout (Oxford), serf, vassal, slave, negro, helot, bondsman, bondswoman, bondslave, ame damnee, odalisque, ryot, adscriptus gleboe, villian, villein, beadsman, bedesman, sizar, pensioner, pensionary, client, dependant, dependent, hanger on, satellite, parasite, led captain, protege, ward, hireling, mercenary, puppet, tool, creature, badge of slavery, bonds, in the train of, in one's pay, in one's employ, at one's call, in bonds.

N  sequence, coming after, going after, consecution, succession, posteriority, continuation, order of succession, successiveness, paracme, secondariness, subordinancy, afterbirth, afterburden, placenta, secundines, succeeding, v, sequent, subsequent, consequent, sequacious, proximate, next, consecutive, alternate, amoebean, latter, posterior, after, subsequently, behind, sequence, coming after, (time), following pursuit, follower, attendant, satellite, shadow, dangler, train, subsequent, next, succeeding, following, behind, in the rear, in the train of, in the wake of, after.

dining-room attendant, flight attendant, hospital attendant, restaurant attendant