subsidiary
/sʌbˈsɪ.di.əɹ.i/
SɅBSꞮ · di · əɹ · i (4 syllables)
English
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Definition
Auxiliary or supplemental.
Etymology
From Middle French subsidiaire, from Latin subsidiarius (“belonging to a reserve”).
Example Sentences
- "chief ruler and principal head everywhere, not suffragant and subsidiary"
- "They constituted a useful subsidiary testimony of another state of existence."
- "a subsidiary stream"
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