different between steerer vs attendant

English

Etymology

steer +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st????(?)/
• Rhymes: -????(?)
• Rhymes: -???(?)

Noun

steerer (plural steerers)

1. Someone or something that steers.
2. A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.

   Synonyms: lugger, picker-up, roper, runner

   • 1961, John Scarne, Complete guide to gambling (page 232)

     It isn't long before the casino help are telling their friends not to patronize the joint, and they in turn tell their friends, and in a very short time hundreds of people know all about it. At this point, the only way to get action is to hire a flock of steerers […]

Derived terms

• bunco-steerer
• steerer tube

Anagrams

• resteer, retrees, tererés, tererês

English

Alternative forms

• attendaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??t?nd?nt/

Noun

attendant (plural attendants)

1. One who attends; one who works with or watches over something.

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.

Translations

Adjective

attendant (comparative more attendant, superlative most attendant)

1. Going with; associated; concomitant.
2. (law) Depending on, or owing duty or service to.

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Translations

See also

• part and parcel

French

Pronunciation

Verb

attendant

1. present participle of attendre

Derived terms

• en attendant
• en attendant que

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /at?ten.dant/, [ät??t??n?d?än?t?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /at?ten.dant/, [?t??t??n?d??n?t?]

Verb

attendant

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of attend?