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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
attender
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
regular
▪ He was a regular attender of craft exhibitions, helping Joan with her jewelled Bonsai trees.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He was a regular attender of craft exhibitions, helping Joan with her jewelled Bonsai trees.
▪ One bemused attender started to shout that he could not understand the answers to such questions.
▪ She was a faithful attender at branch meetings till she retired.
▪ The weeks changed and for the last two days of my stay, I was the only attender.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Attender

Attender \At*tend"er\, n. One who, or that which, attends.

Wiktionary
attender

n. 1 An attendee; one who attends a course, meeting etc. 2 (context metaphysics English) The subject; one who experiences.

WordNet
attender
  1. n. someone who listens attentively [syn: hearer, listener, auditor]

  2. someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another [syn: attendant, tender]

  3. a person who participates in a meeting; "he was a regular attender at department meetings"; "the gathering satisfied both organizers and attendees" [syn: attendant, attendee, meeter]

Usage examples of "attender".

Eleventh Month, 1846, to the First Month, 1847, they were occupied in a religious visit to the families of the members and attenders of Gracechurch-street Monthly Meeting, in which their service was very acceptable.

I lying vpon my bed, an oportune and meet freend to a wearie body, no creature accompaning me in my chamber, besides the attender vppon my body, and vsuall night lights, who after that she had vsed diuers speeches, to the end shee might comfort me, hauing vnderstood before of me, the originall cause of my hollow and deepe sighes, she indeuored hir best to moderate, if at least she might, that, my perturbed and pittifull estate.

I honestly think we’ve helped those that we could and they’ll be fine until the attenders arrive.

The faithful attenders are the councillor, an academic and a retired person of standing.

No doubt he would preach stern sermons at the parish Mass, on the two days allotted to him, but there would be very few of the regular attenders there to listen to him, and even those who did attend would let his homily in at one ear and out at the other, knowing his office here could last but a few days.