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factionaries

factionaries is the plural of factionary.

Meaning of factionary

Noun

factionary (plural factionaries)

  1. A member of a faction.
    • Vaschus him selfe dyd greatly affecte this embasage: But neyther woolde the resydewe of his felowes electe hym therto, nor his factionaries suffer hym to departe: Aswell for that therby they thought they shulde bee left desolate, as also that they murmured that if Vaschus shulde once goo from...1555, Richard Eden (translator), The decades of the newe worlde or west India conteynyng the nauigations and conquestes of the Spanyardes by Peter Martyr d'Anghiera, London: Edwarde Sutton, Decade 2...

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Questions about factionaries

What is factionaries the plural of?
Factionaries is the plural of factionary.

Words near factionaries in the dictionary

  1. factionalizer
  2. factionalizers
  3. factionalizes
  4. factionalizing
  5. factionally
  6. factionaries
  7. factionary
  8. factionate
  9. factionated
  10. factionates
  11. factionating

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