attendant

Etymology

From Middle English attendant, attendaunt, from Old French attendant.

noun

1. One who attends; one who works with or watches over something.
   Give your keys to the parking attendants and they will park your car for you.
2. A servant or valet.
3. (chiefly archaic) A visitor or caller.
4. That which accompanies or follows.
5. (law) One who owes a duty or service to another.

adj

1. Going with; associated; concomitant.
   They promoted him to supervisor, with all the attendant responsibilities and privileges.
   The applicants […] seek to argue that because of the dire prognosis attaching to their medical condition, they should have been allowed to assume the risks attendant on a potentially life‑saving experimental product. 13-11-2012, European Court of Human Rights, Hristozov and others v. Bulgaria, number 47039/11 358/12, marginal 120
2. (law) Depending on, or owing duty or service to.
   the widow attendant to the heir
   The tenant in dower[…]shall be attendant unto them by the rate and portion of the rent. 1528, John Perkins, Profitable Booke