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auxiliary

/ɔɡˈzɪl.(jə).ɹi/ noun C2
  1. A person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner.
  2. A sailing vessel equipped with an engine.
  3. A marching band color guard.

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The girl, after leaving her entertainer, sped swiftly cross-town until she arrived at a handsome and sedate mansion two squares to the east, facing on that avenue which is the highway of Mammon and the auxiliary gods.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 32 · C1
She was a notable housewife; her work was always done and well done; she “ran” the Sewing Circle, helped run the Sunday-school, and was the strongest prop of the Church Aid Society and Foreign Missions Auxiliary.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 1 · C1

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