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velitaries

velitaries is the plural of velitary.

Meaning of velitary

Noun

velitary (plural velitaries)

  1. (obsolete) A participant in a velitation; a soldier.
    • You would hav men think, that if you have ſo many men in a skirmiſh or velitation, you have many moe againſt a day of battel. But if these your velitaries be discomfited (as some of them are already,) I suppose your armado wil never enter this feild. Let us therfore try their strength.1615, Henry Ainsworth, The Trying Out of the Truth

Questions about velitaries

What is velitaries the plural of?
Velitaries is the plural of velitary.

Words near velitaries in the dictionary

  1. Velim
  2. velimentous
  3. Velimir
  4. veliparib
  5. Velislav
  6. velitaries
  7. velitary
  8. velitation
  9. velitations
  10. velite
  11. Veliterni

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