English-Thai Dictionary

ancillary

ADJ ซึ่ง ช่วยเหลือ  assisting assistant helping sueng-chuai-luea

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ANCILLARY

a.[L. ancilla, a female servant. ] Pertaining to a maid servant, or female service; subservient as a maid servant.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ANCILLARY

An "cil *la *ry, a. Etym: [L. ancillaris, fr. ancilla a female servant. ]

 

Defn: Subservient or subordinate, like a handmaid; auxiliary. The Convocation of York seems to have been always considered as inferior, and even ancillary, to the greater province. Hallam.

 

ANCILLARY ADMINISTRATION

ANCILLARY ADMINISTRATION An "cil *la *ry ad *min `is *tra "tion. (Law )

 

Defn: An administration subordinate to, and in aid of, the primary or principal administration of an estate.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ancillary

an cil lar y |ˈansəˌlerē ˈænsəˌlɛri | ▶adjective providing necessary support to the primary activities or operation of an organization, institution, industry, or system: the development of ancillary services to support its products. • additional; subsidiary: paragraph 19 was merely ancillary to paragraph 16. ▶noun ( pl. ancillaries ) a person whose work provides necessary support to the primary activities of an organization, institution, or industry: the employment of specialist teachers and ancillaries. • something that functions in a supplementary or supporting role: undergraduate courses of three main subjects with related ancillaries. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin ancillaris, from ancilla ‘maidservant. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

ancillary

ancillary |anˈsɪləri | ▶adjective providing necessary support to the primary activities or operation of an organization, system, etc.: ancillary staff. • in addition to something else, but not as important: paragraph 19 was merely ancillary to paragraph 16. ▶noun ( pl. ancillaries ) a person whose work provides necessary support to the primary activities of an organization, system, etc.: the employment of specialist teachers and ancillaries. • something which functions in a supplementary or supporting role. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin ancillaris, from ancilla ‘maidservant ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

ancillary

ancillary adjective the Administrative Procedures Act and ancillary documents: additional, auxiliary, supporting, helping, extra, supplementary, supplemental, accessory, attendant; subsidiary, secondary; Medicine adjuvant; rare adminicular.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

ancillary

ancillary adjective ancillary staff | ancillary benefits: additional, auxiliary, supporting, helping, assisting, extra, supplementary, supplemental, accessory, contributory, attendant; subsidiary, secondary, subordinate; Medicine adjuvant; rare adminicular. WORD LINKS ancillary para- related prefix, as in paramedic, paramilitary Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

ancillary

an cil lar y /ǽnsəlèri |ænsɪ́ləri /形容詞 1 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗補助 [補佐 ]的な, 助けを担う 〈人 活動 業務など 〉.2 «…に » 副次的な, 付随 [従属 ]的な «to » .名詞 複 -ies C 補佐役, 助手 ; 付随 [副次 ]的なもの .