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English
Etymology
From Latin vexillarius: compare French vexillaire.
Pronunciation
Adjective
vexillary (not comparable)
- (mathematics) Creating a partition.
- (botany) Larger than the other (leaves, petals, etc.) and rising above them.
Derived terms
Noun
vexillary (plural vexillaries)
- (Ancient Rome) A standard-bearer of a vexillum.
- Synonym: vexillator
1874, Alfred Tennyson, “Gareth and Lynette”, in Idylls of the King (The Works of Alfred Tennyson; V), cabinet edition, London: Henry S. King & Co., , →OCLC, page 84:In letters like to those the vexillary / Hast left crag-carven o'er the streaming Gelt— […]
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