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ærarian, a. and n.|ɪˈrɛərɪən|
[f. L. ærāri-us fiscal, ærāri-um the treasury, + -an.]
A. adj. Connected with the public treasury; fiscal.
1850Merivale Rom. Emp. (1865) IV. xxxii. 19 The senate, the knights, and the aerarian tribunes.
B. n. [The adj. used absol. sc. citizen.] A Roman citizen of the lowest, unenfranchised, class, who paid only a poll-tax (æra pendebat).
1872E. Robertson Hist. Ess. 225 The ærarian was any contributor to the Roman treasury who was not in the enjoyment of the suffrage. |