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

You can purchase up to six tickets once you reach the booking stage, as long as you have the registration details for each attendee.

From BBC

During a July rally in Butler, Pa., a rooftop gunman clipped Trump in the right ear and killed an attendee.

From Los Angeles Times

During an event in Pennsylvania, Johnson was talking about health care reform plans and an attendee asked, “No Obamacare?”

From Slate

“No Obamacare?” an attendee asked Johnson, using the shorthand name for the ACA.

From Salon

“You go back to my grandparents, they were all Democrats. Now my father’s generation is mixed but way more Republican. And now mine is Republican,” said George Martins Jr., 35, a bullfight captain and frequent attendee at the Central Valley festas.

From Los Angeles Times

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