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  • noun Plural form of attendant.

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Examples

  • Viewers do get inside info, such as the meaning of "IFB" — Virgin attendants 'shorthand for "in-flight boyfriend," a cute guy they scope out to make time fly and who may get extra attention.

    Fly Girls: TV series follows flight attendants at home and in the air 2010

  • She began to surround herself with attendants from the Hungarian aristocracy, insisting that they only speak Hungarian to her.

    Archive 2009-12-01 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2009

  • She began to surround herself with attendants from the Hungarian aristocracy, insisting that they only speak Hungarian to her.

    The Lonely Empress: The life of Elisabeth of Austria Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2009

  • Mattresses were brought up from the cellars and pitched all over the corridors: meals consisted of sandwiches and Victory Coffee wheeled round on trolleys by attendants from the canteen.

    Nineteen Eighty-four 2008

  • Mattresses were brought up from the cellars and pitched all over the corridors: meals consisted of sandwiches and Victory Coffee wheeled round on trolleys by attendants from the canteen.

    Nineteen Eighty-four 2008

  • Are you old enough to remember when "cabin attendants" were called stewardesses?

    Appropriate to wear shorts in Mexico? 2005

  • Networking: Finalist companies will present their business to a notorious Jury during the Gate2Growth Summit in Berlin on 13 December 2005, 300 attendants from the Industry

    September 2005 2005

  • Networking: Finalist companies will present their business to a notorious Jury during the Gate2Growth Summit in Berlin on 13 December 2005, 300 attendants from the Industry

    How to apply for Gate2Growth Venture Contest 2005

  • How many people are there in line, and which of the attendants is working.

    So I had Monday on Tuesday -- and I spent time with Post Office Bill deep_bluze 2004

  • She was suffering from major ills and lay back on the floor, wheezing in the day's heat, but when she heard Kelolo's ominous report she called her attendants and with real effort rose and dressed.

    Hawaii Michener, James 1959

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