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expeˈditionary, a. (n.)
[f. as prec. + -ary.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to an expedition; sent on an expedition.
1817Blackw. Mag. I. 201 The expeditionary troops destined to act against South America were reviewed. 1859Thackeray Virgin. xii. 96 The northward track which the expeditionary army had hewed out for itself. 1871Proctor Light Sc. 104 Inviting them, in the name of the American expeditionary parties, to accept this much needed assistance.
†B. n. An officer who took care of dispatches at the Pope's court. Obs.
1706in Phillips (ed. Kersey). 1721–1800in Bailey. |