Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who attends or gives heed.
  • noun An attendant; a companion.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who, or that which, attends.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun An attendee; one who attends a course, meeting etc.
  • noun metaphysics The subject; one who experiences.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun someone who listens attentively
  • noun someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
  • noun a person who is present and participates in a meeting

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Examples

  • This kind of attender is not shy about pressuring less dominant leaders to fit into this mold.

    NextReformation 2008

  • As a prior attender of Quaker functions, I've heard "Tis a Gift To Be Simple" more times than I can count, but this was an original take on it.

    Archive 2009-01-01 2009

  • Following that disastrous election when the best indicator that a person would vote Republican wasn't Party ID but whether they were a regular church attender, Democrats finally began investing in outreach and communication with America's faithful.

    Eric Sapp: Democrats Stung by Huge Losses With Faith Voters Eric Sapp 2010

  • The train back to Manhattan was wonderful - watching the Hudson and getting to know a long-time attender and talking about life experiences.

    Last Weekend, part 2 of 2 melted_snowball 2010

  • Following that disastrous election when the best indicator that a person would vote Republican wasn't Party ID but whether they were a regular church attender, Democrats finally began investing in outreach and communication with America's faithful.

    Eric Sapp: Democrats Stung by Huge Losses With Faith Voters Eric Sapp 2010

  • As a prior attender of Quaker functions, I've heard "Tis a Gift To Be Simple" more times than I can count, but this was an original take on it.

    Talking 'Bout 'Nauguration 2009

  • Trump said he's a Christian -- a Presbyterian, in fact -- but admitted that he's not much more than a Christmas-and-Easter church attender.

    Brian D. McLaren: Good Friday Evangelicals Brian D. McLaren 2011

  • Think of a first-time college attender in a public urban high school.

    Will USC be next to join the Common Application? Daniel de Vise 2010

  • Angela Merkel, who knows and likes her Wagner and who is a regular attender at Bayreuth, has welcomed it, as have the Wagner family.

    Richard Wagner was no ranter | Martin Kettle 2011

  • Following that disastrous election when the best indicator that a person would vote Republican wasn't Party ID but whether they were a regular church attender, Democrats finally began investing in outreach and communication with America's faithful.

    Eric Sapp: Democrats Stung by Huge Losses With Faith Voters Eric Sapp 2010

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