ATTEND'ANT, adjective 1. Accompanying; being present, or in the train. Other suns with their attendant moons. 2. Accompanying, connected with, or immediately following, as consequential; as, intemperance with all its attendant evils. 3. In law, depending on or owing service to; as, the wife attendant to the heir. ATTEND'ANT, noun 1. One who attends or accompanies, in any character whatever, as a friend, companion, minister or servant; one who belongs to the train. 2. One who is present; as an attendant at or upon a meeting. 3. One who owes service to or depends on another. 4. That which accompanies or is consequent to. A love of fame, the attendant of noble spirits. Shame is the attendant of vice.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI