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AUXILIARY (from Lat. auxilium, help)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 50 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AUXILIARY (from See also:Lat. auxilium, help) , that which gives aid or support; the See also:term is used in See also:grammar of a verb which completes the tense, See also:mood or See also:voice of another verb; in See also:engineering, e.g. of the See also:low See also:steam See also:power used to supplement the See also:sail-power in sailing See also:ships, still occasionally used in yachts, sealers or whalers; and in military use, of See also:foreign or allied troops, more properly of any troops not permanently maintained under arms. In the See also:British See also:army the term " Auxiliary Forces" was employed formerly to include the See also:Militia, the Imperial See also:Yeomanry and the See also:Volunteers.

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