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auxiliaries Definition


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auxiliary
adj
    1. Helping or supporting.
      Example: auxiliary nurse
      Thesaurus: assisting, supportive, helping, supplementary, aiding, accessory, subsidiary, secondary, substitute, backup.
    2. Additional or extra.
noun auxiliaries
    1. A helper.
      Example: nursing auxiliary
      Thesaurus: assistant, helper, supporter, partner, confederate, associate, ally, accessory, reserve.
    2. Foreign troops that help and support another nation that is engaged in a war.
      Form: auxiliaries
    3. grammar.
Etymology: 17c: from Latin auxiliarius, from auxilium help.



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