expeditionaryadj.n.

Etymology: formed as expedition n. + -ary suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: expeˈditionary.

A. adj.

Of or pertaining to an expedition; sent on an expedition.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military operations > [adjective] > expedition

expeditional1602

expeditionary1817

1817 Edinb. Monthly Mag. 1 201 The expeditionary troops destined to act against South America were reviewed.

1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians xii. 96 The northward track which the expeditionary army had hewed out for itself.

1871 R. A. Proctor Light Sci. 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. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1706 in Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.)

1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	expeditionary
释义	expeditionaryadj.n. Etymology: formed as expedition n. + -ary suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: expeˈditionary. A. adj. Of or pertaining to an expedition; sent on an expedition. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > [adjective] > expedition expeditional1602 expeditionary1817 1817 Edinb. Monthly Mag. 1 201 The expeditionary troops destined to act against South America were reviewed. 1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians xii. 96 The northward track which the expeditionary army had hewed out for itself. 1871 R. A. Proctor Light Sci. 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. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1706 in Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) 1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.n.1706
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