attendee

[ uh-ten-dee, at-en-, uh-ten-dee ]

noun

1. a person who is present at a specific time or place:

   a conference with thousands of attendees.

attendee

/ əˌtɛnˈdiː /

noun

1. a person who is present at a specified event

Word History and Origins

Origin of attendee¹

First recorded in 1935–40; attend + -ee

Example Sentences

We caught up with attendees at the high-energy party, which one person called “the Met Gala of L.A.,” to ask them about their outfit inspiration.

From Los Angeles Times

Each attendee at the event on Friday was given a banana and a roll of duct tape as a souvenir.

From BBC

There were a few new attendees at the central committee’s first meeting after this election, Weisman said, and representatives of the state Democratic Party “came specifically to give us pep talks.”

From Los Angeles Times

Earlier this month, psychedelic investor Christian Angermayer said on X that many attendees at a psychedelics event in San Francisco were “pro-Trump, some of them very openly” which “would have been impossible a year ago.”

From Salon

Stocker hopes his Thursday session will spark a discussion among attendees with the goal of identifying approaches to minimize whale deaths in the future.

From Science Daily

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