"parking attendant" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: parking attendants [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} parking attendant (plural parking attendants)
  1. (US) A person employed (as by a parking facility, hotel, or restaurant) to park cars. Tags: US Synonyms: parking lot attendant, valet Related terms: car park, parking fine, parking garage, parking lot, parking meter
    Sense id: en-parking_attendant-en-noun-IiUCBAcR Categories (other): American English
  2. (UK) A person who issues tickets for parking violations. Tags: UK Synonyms: traffic warden [British, English], meter maid [pejorative], parking enforcement officer (alt: PEO), parking inspector [Australia, New-Zealand], parking officer [Australia, New-Zealand], civil enforcement office Translations (person who issues tickets for parking violations): parkeerwachter [masculine] (Dutch), pysäköinninvalvoja (Finnish), giolla páirceála [masculine] (Irish), maor páirceála [masculine] (Irish), parcheggiatore [masculine] (Italian), posteggiatore [masculine] (Italian), parkingowy [masculine] (Polish), guardinha [Brazil, feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), lapplisa [common-gender] (Swedish), parkeringsvakt [common-gender] (Swedish), trafikvakt [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-parking_attendant-en-noun-YJtgZeeo Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of 'person who issues tickets for parking violations': 16 84

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