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attendant (iou)



attendant adjective & noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French: see ATTEND verb, -ANT1.]
A. adjective.
Attentive. LME-M17.
Waiting upon, ministering; accompanying in a subordinate capacity. LME.
Milton Other Suns..With thir attendant Moons thou wilt descrie. Ld Macaulay Fresh meat was never eaten by the gentlemen attendant on a great Earl. R. L. Stevenson Alone, on the Other side of the railway, stands the Springs Hotel, with its attendant cottages.
Law. Dependent on, owing service to. LME-M17.
Present at a meeting etc. rare. L16.
Closely consequent (on, upon); resulting, associated. E17.
R. D. Laing The anxieties attendant on the schizophrenic's phantasmic omnipotence. H. Macmillan The..revolt in the capital city with all its attendant horrors.
b. noun.
A person in attendance or providing service; a servant, assistant, subordinate companion, etc. M16.
Milton Least sin Surprise thee, and her black attendant, Death. Byron Two..ladies, who With their attendant aided our escape. Saki He left all the parcels in charge of the cloak-room attendant. Arnold Bennett An attendant..was feeding the sheets at one end of the machine and another attendant..taking them off at the Other.
A close consequence, an accompanying circumstance etc. E17.
Pope The laugh, the jest, attendants on the bowl.
A person who is present at a meeting etc. M17.
D. H. Lawrence She was..a regular attendant at morning service.

cannabis (oh)



[Date: 1700-1800; Language: Latin; Origin: Greek kannabis]
an illegal drug that is usually smoked in cigarettes
American Equivalent: marijuana