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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Subsidiary

Sub-sid'i-a-ry, a.

adjective

(44), a. [Lat. subsidiarius, Fr. subsidiaire, Sp. subsidiario, It. sussidiario. See SUB-SIDY.] Furnishing a subsidy; serving to help; co-operating to secure a result; assistant; auxiliary.

They constituted a useful subsidiary testimony of another state of existence. Coleridge.

Sub-sĭd'i-a-ry, n.

noun

n. One who, or that which, contributes aid or additional supplies; an assistant; an auxiliary.