What is the meaning of attendant?

noun

• Someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another.
  • synonyms: attender, tender
• A person who is present and participates in a meeting.
  • usage: "he was a regular attender at department meetings"; "the gathering satisfied both organizers and attendees"
  • synonyms: attender, attendee, meeter
• An event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another.
  • synonyms: accompaniment, concomitant, co-occurrence

adjective

• (adj.) ()
• Following or accompanying as a consequence.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: consequent, accompanying, concomitant, incidental, ensuant, resultant, sequent