ATTEND, ATTENDANCE, ATTENDANT, ATTENDING
ADJECTIVES
1603 — ADVERTISING attending, attentive → obs.
NOUNS
1300 — FARNET → FERNET a band, company, or train of attendants → obs.
1883 — FAIR HERD a good attendance of strangers → Oxford University usage
1999 — TWO MEN AND A DOG a poor attendance; very few people → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS, PERSON
1300 — HANDMAIDEN a female personal attendant or servant → arch. literary usage
1300 — HAND-WOMAN a female attendant; a handmaid → obs.
1300 — HARLOT a male attendant or servant; a menial → obs.
1330 — WARDECORPS an armed personal attendant; a bodyguard → obs.
1382 — HANDMAID a female personal attendant or servant → arch.
1425 — CUSTRON an attendant or servant to a knight or man-at-arms → obs.
1450 — CREDENCE a group of attendants at table → obs.
1474 — CUSTREL an attendant or servant to a knight or man-at-arms; esp. one who is a member of man-at-arm’s lance, and is armed with a custil or coutel (knife or dagger)
1513 — PURSUIVANT a follower, an attendant
1547 — ADMINISTER an attendant, a servant → obs.
1556 — CUSTRELING an attendant or servant to a knight or man-at-arms → obs.
1560 — BACKMAN an attendant, a follower, a retainer → obs.
1565 — WAITING-WOMAN a female personal attendant or servant → arch.
1567 — JACKMAN an attendant or retainer kept by a nobleman or landowner → Sc. obs.
1578 — HANDSERVANT an attendant; a servant attending upon one → obs.
1600 — VELVET-JACKET an attendant or retainer wearing a jacket of velvet → obs.
1607 — BARNACLE a constant attendant; a companion or follower that sticks close, and will not be dismissed
1610 — VALECT a personal attendant → obs.
1624 — HANGING-HOLDER an attendant → obs.
1625 — JACK-HOLD-MY-STAFF a servile attendant; a too humble servant → obs.
1652 — WAIT an attendant; a person who waits in services → obs.
1744 — TOAD-EATER a female attendant or companion; a humble friend or dependant → contemptuous usage
..19C — TENTER an attendant, a keeper; one who takes care of anything → Eng. dial.
1816 — WALLIE → WALLY an attendant or personal servant → Sc.
1824 — AFTER-RIDER an attendant; a mounted groom → S. Afr.
1829 — ACOLYTE an attendant or junior assistant in any ceremony or operation; a novice
1836 — JACK a male attendant or serving-man; a labourer; a man who does odd jobs, etc.
1837 — FAMULUS an attendant, esp. on a scholar or a magician
1887 — MAN FRIDAY a servile attendant or follower; a servant of all work
1887 — SATELLITE an attendant upon a person of importance, forming part of his retinue and employed to execute his orders; often with reproachful connotation, implying subserviency or unscrupulousness in the service
VERBS
1250 — SUE to attend upon, to accompany; to follow as an attendant, companion, or adherent → obs.
1559 — AFFELLOWSHIP to attend, to accompany, to be in fellowship with → obs.
.M18 — DANGLE to be in attendance, as a servant → sl.
1832 — TENT to attend to; to look after; to take care of; to watch or mind animals; to watch birds to drive them away → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1859 — TEND OUT ON to attend to, to take care of → Amer. dial.
1900 — STAG to attend a social occasion unaccompanied → US sl.