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auxiliary
[ awg-zil-yuh-ree, -zil-uh- ]
adjective
- additional; supplementary; reserve:
an auxiliary police force.
- used as a substitute or reserve in case of need:
The hospital has an auxiliary power system in case of a blackout.
- (of a boat) having an engine that can be used to supplement the sails:
an auxiliary yawl.
- giving support; serving as an aid; helpful:
The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other. Passion is auxiliary to art.
noun
- a person or thing that gives aid of any kind; helper.
- an organization allied with, but subsidiary to, a main body of restricted membership, especially one composed of members' relatives:
The men's club and the ladies' auxiliary were merged into one organization.
- auxiliaries, foreign troops in the service of a nation at war.
- Navy. a naval vessel designed for other than combat purposes, as a tug, supply ship, or transport.
- Nautical. a sailing vessel carrying an auxiliary propulsion engine or engines.
auxiliary
/ -ˈzɪlə-; ɔːɡˈzɪljərɪ /
adjective
- secondary or supplementary
- supporting
- nautical (of a sailing vessel) having an engine
an auxiliary sloop
noun
- a person or thing that supports or supplements; subordinate or assistant
- nautical
- a sailing vessel with an engine
- the engine of such a vessel
- navy a vessel such as a tug, hospital ship, etc, not used for combat
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
We retooled music, which sounds sort of small and auxiliary, but I think we figured out a way to help the audience.
None of this will be easily accomplished, and America has only an auxiliary role.
General Monet operated in the north against the rebels with Spanish and native auxiliary forces.
The stars were auxiliary lights, and had all been specially, and at the same time, created for the good of man.
In Preston we have three churches, besides an auxiliary chapel, wherein priests of the Jesuit order labour.
She behaved nobly, but with her small auxiliary steam power she could scarcely hold her own.
For a very long period the schools in connection with St. Mary's have formed an excellent auxiliary of the church.
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