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ditionary

ditionary noun: a subject; a tributary.

Noun

ditionary (plural ditionaries)

  1. (obsolete) A subject; a tributary.
    • he with his famelie, famylyers, and ditionaries, of desperate mynde fledde to the mountaynes1511, Richard Eden, Decades of the New World

Adjective

ditionary (comparative more ditionary, superlative most ditionary)

  1. (obsolete) Under rule; subject; tributary.
    • And now our markets their chief purveyance owe
      To some remote and ditionary coast1624, George Chapman, Juvenal's Fifth Satire

Forms of ditionary

Noun
pluralditionaries
Adjective
comparativemore ditionary
superlativemost ditionary

Questions about ditionary

What does ditionary mean?
Ditionary means a subject; a tributary.
What part of speech is ditionary?
Ditionary can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of ditionary?
The plural of ditionary is ditionaries.

Words near ditionary in the dictionary

  1. ditin
  2. diting
  3. ditiocarb
  4. dition
  5. ditionaries
  6. ditionary
  7. ditiotreitol
  8. dititanium
  9. Ditko
  10. Ditlefsen
  11. Ditmars

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