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velitary

velitary noun: a participant in a velitation; a soldier. Also the obsolete spelling of velleitary.

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

Also used as

velitary is also the obsolete spelling of velleitary.

Forms of velitary

pluralvelitaries

Origin of velitary

Derived from velitation.

See velleitary.

Questions about velitary

What does velitary mean?
Velitary means a participant in a velitation; a soldier.
What part of speech is velitary?
Velitary is a noun.
What is the plural of velitary?
The plural of velitary is velitaries.

Words near velitary in the dictionary

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

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