attender

attender
noun
1. someone who listens attentively
• Syn: ↑hearer, ↑listener, ↑auditor
• Derivationally related forms: ↑attend, ↑listen (for: ↑listener), ↑hear (for: ↑hearer)
• Hypernyms: ↑perceiver, ↑percipient, ↑observer, ↑beholder
• Hyponyms: ↑eavesdropper
• Member Holonyms: ↑audience
2. someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
• Syn: ↑attendant, ↑tender
• Derivationally related forms: ↑tend (for: ↑tender), ↑attend, ↑attend (for: ↑attendant)
• Hypernyms: ↑assistant, ↑helper, ↑help, ↑supporter
• Hyponyms:
3. a person who is present and participates in a meeting
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he was a regular attender at department meetings

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the gathering satisfied both organizers and attendees

• Syn: ↑attendant, ↑attendee, ↑meeter
• Derivationally related forms: ↑meet (for: ↑meeter), ↑attend, ↑attendant (for: ↑attendant), ↑attend (for: ↑attendant)
• Hypernyms: ↑participant
• Hyponyms: ↑conventioneer, ↑partygoer, ↑symposiast

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