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An attendant on an army. [India] Simmonds.

A number of followers; a body of attendants; a retinue; a suite. The king's daughter with a lovely train. Addison. My train are men of choice and rarest parts. Shak.

ifferent atoms or radicals. This condition usually occasions physical isomerism, with the attendant action on polarized light.

or stick with a point of iron. Valet de chambre ( Etym: [F.], a body servant, or personal attendant.

A servant, especially to a knight; an attendant; a valet; a footman. [Obs.] Spenser. Tusser.

An attendant upon a dignitary, as on a bishop, a dean, a justice, etc. [Eng.] Strype.

One who, or that which, waits; an attendant; a servant in attendance, esp. at table. The waiters stand in ranks; the yeomen cry, "Make room," as if a duke were passing by. Swift.

A female waiter or attendant; a waiting maid or waiting woman.

To remain awake with any one as nurse or attendant; to attend on the sick during the night; as, to watch with a man in a fever.

An attendant on cab stands, etc., who supplies water to the horses. [Eng.] Dickens.

A female attendant or servant. " By her woman I sent your message." Shak. Woman hater, one who hates women; one who has an aversion to the female sex; a misogynist. Swift.

A kind of demigod attendant on Kuvera, the god of wealth.