attender

noun

at·​tend·​er ə-ˈten-dər 

plural attenders

: a person who is present at a given occasion or at a given place : a person who attends something : attendee

Mr. Taylor, a professor of English at Brandeis University, lets us know he is a diligent networker and attender of conferences …

—Gary Schmidgall, New York Times Book Review, 17 Sept. 1989

The majority of readers are regular attenders at theatres, cinemas, concert halls, opera houses and art galleries …

—Times Literary Supplement (London), 24 Sept. 1993

Word History

Etymology

attend + -er entry 2

First Known Use

1704, in the meaning defined above

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Rhymes for attender

• bartender
• contender
• defender
• engender
• extender
• offender
• pretender
• provender
• surrender
• suspender
• transgender
• bender