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Webster 1913 Edition

Subsidiary

Sub-sid′i-a-ry

,
Adj.
[L.
subsidiarius
: cf. F.
subsidiaire
. See
Subsidy
.]
1.
Furnishing aid; assisting; auxiliary; helping; tributary; especially, aiding in an inferior position or capacity;
as, a
subsidiary
stream
.
Chief ruler and principal head everywhere, not suffragant and
subsidiary
.
Florio.
They constituted a useful
subsidiary
testimony of another state of existence.
Coleridge.
2.
Of or pertaining to a subsidy; constituting a subsidy; being a part of, or of the nature of, a subsidy;
as,
subsidiary
payments to an ally
.
George the Second relied on his
subsidiary
treaties.
Ld. Mahon.

Sub-sid′i-a-ry

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Subsidiaries
.
One who, or that which, contributes aid or additional supplies; an assistant; an auxiliary.
Hammond.

Webster 1828 Edition

Subsidiary

SUBSID'IARY

,
Adj.
[L. subsidiarius. See Subsidy.]
1.
Aiding; assistant; furnishing help. Subsidiary troops are troops of one nation hired by another for military service.
2.
Furnishing additional supplies; as a subsidiary stream.

SUBSID'IARY

,
Noun.
An assistant; an auxiliary; he or that which contributes aid or additional supplies.

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