attendant

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. One who attends or waits on another.
2. n. One who is present.
3. n. An accompanying thing or circumstance; a concomitant.
4. adj. Being present: ships and attendant sailors.
5. adj. Accompanying or following as a result: attendant circumstances.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Accompanying; being present or in attendance.
2. Accompanying, connected, or immediately following as consequential: as, intemperance, with all its attendant evils.
3. In law, depending on or connected with something or some person; owing duty or service.
4. n. One who attends or accompanies another, in any character; especially, one who belongs to a train or retinue; a follower.
5. n. One who attends on or waits the pleasure of another, as a suitor or the like.
6. n. Specifically In law, one who owes a duty or service to, or depends on, another.
7. n. One who is present, as at a public meeting, for any purpose.
8. n. That which accompanies or is consequent on anything.

Wiktionary

1. n. One who attends; one who works with or watches something.
2. adj. Going with; associated; concomitant.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adj. Being present, or in the train; accompanying; in waiting.
2. adj. Accompanying, connected with, or immediately following, as consequential; consequent.
3. adj. (Law) Depending on, or owing duty or service to.
4. n. One who attends or accompanies in any character whatever, as a friend, companion, servant, agent, or suitor.
5. n. One who is present and takes part in the proceedings.
6. n. That which accompanies; a concomitant.
7. n. (Law) One who owes duty or service to, or depends on, another.

WordNet 3.0

1. adj. being present (at meeting or event etc.)
2. adj. following or accompanying as a consequence
3. n. an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another
4. n. someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
5. n. a person who is present and participates in a meeting