vexillary

English

Etymology

Latin vexillarius: compare French vexillaire.

Noun

vexillary (plural vexillaries)

  1. A standard-bearer.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Tennyson to this entry?)

Synonyms

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for vexillary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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