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单词 vexillary
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vexillaryn.adj.

Brit. /vɛkˈsɪl(ə)ri/, U.S. /vɛkˈsɪləri/
Forms: 1500s–1600s vexiliarie, 1500s– vexillary.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin vexillārius; Latin vexillaris.
Etymology: In senses A. 1, A. 2, B. 1 < classical Latin vexillārius standard-bearer, (plural) troops serving in a special detachment < vexillum vexillum n. + -ārius -ary suffix1. In sense B. 2 < scientific Latin vexillaris (1820) < classical Latin vexillum vexillum n. (in its specific use in botany) + -āris -ary suffix2; compare -ary suffix2.Compare Middle French, French vexillaire (noun) standard-bearer (1556), (adjective) of or relating to a standard-bearer (1585 in signe vexillaire ; 1842 in the specific use in botany). With the form vexiliarie perhaps compare auxiliary adj.
A. n. Roman History.
1. A veteran of the oldest category in the Roman army, serving under a special standard.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > Roman or Greek soldier of specific type of unit > [noun]
legionary1536
legioner1552
vexillary1591
vexillary soldier1591
phalangite1758
hypaspista1827
manipular1858
1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. ii. 63 Three Prætorian cohortes, and a thousand Vexillaries [L. vexillarios].
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vi. xi. 209/2 The Vexillaries of three British Legions followed Vitellius in his Expedition against the Illyrian Armie.
1735 Bayle's Gen. Dict. Hist. & Crit. (new ed.) II. 8/2 Vespasian..chose out a body of Vexillaries from the Legions.
1793 A. Murphy tr. Tacitus Hist. iii. xxiv, in tr. Tacitus Wks. III. 126 In the left wing were placed the vexillaries of the thirteenth legion.
1872 Ld. Tennyson Gareth & Lynette 74 In letters like to those the vexillary Hath left crag-carven o'er the streaming Gelt.
1978 Spectator 27 May 22/3 The Roman-British vexillary.
2. A Roman standard-bearer.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier with special duty > [noun] > standard-bearer
gonfaneura1250
banneour1297
bannerer1387
standarda1425
banner-bearerc1440
standard-bearerc1453
stander bearerc1475
bannerman?a1500
gonfanonera1500
bannereta1513
pendant bearer1552
ancient-bearer1579
ensign1579
ensign-bearer1579
alferez1581
gonfalonier1586
guidon1591
abanderado1598
ancient1600
porte-guidon1656
vexillary1656
pennona1661
colour sergeant1813
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Vexillary, a Standard-bearer.
1885 M. M. Ripley & W. J. Clark tr. V. Duruy Hist. Rome IV. ii. lxxvi. 592 The vexillary was the standard-bearer.
2000 Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. (Nexis) 25 Mar. 2 f Vexillary is a standard-bearer in the Roman army.
B. adj.
1. Roman History. Designating a vexillary (see sense A. 1); chiefly in vexillary soldier. Also: consisting of vexillaries. Obsolete.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > Roman or Greek soldier of specific type of unit > [noun]
legionary1536
legioner1552
vexillary1591
vexillary soldier1591
phalangite1758
hypaspista1827
manipular1858
1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. ii. 67 The first Legion marched, accompanied with two Vexillary cohorts.
1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. iii. 142 These things moued Vespasian to assigne vnto those parts some Vexillary soldiers [L. vexillarios] out of the Legions.
1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales i. ix. 16 Certaine vexiliarie soldiers [L. vexillarii] which continued vnder ensignes, and were placed for a guarde to the countrey.
1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. IV. xvi. 212 This one he envelops, with vexillary soldiers.
2. Botany. Of aestivation: having the petals arranged so that the large, posterior vexillum encloses the other, smaller petals of the corolla. Also more generally: relating to or relating to a vexillum; having a vexillum. See vexillum n. 2. Cf. papilionaceous adj. 2.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > of flower-bud or aestivation
quincuncial1672
valvate1829
induplicate1830
supervolute1832
vexillary1832
quincunxial1835
reduplicate1838
supervolutive1841
reduplicative1856
induplicative1864
indeterminate1880
1821 S. F. Gray Nat. Arrangem. Brit. Plants I. 103 Covering, vexillaris. When one of the pieces, folded inwardly on the middle rib, encloses all the others which are places opposite to each other.]
1832 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. 411 Vexillary, when one piece is much larger than the others, and is folded over them, they being arranged face to face.
1862 W. H. Harvey & O. W. Sonder Flora Capensis II. 262 No vexillary stamen.
1882 H. Edmonds Elem. Bot. x. 114 We apply the term vexillary to the æstivation as seen in a papilionaceous plant.
1917 Standard Cycl. Hort. (ed. 2) I. 170/2 Vexillary, pertaining to the vexillum, standard or banner of a papilionaceous flower.
1997 Kew Bull. 52 690 The vexillary filament has a short, straight-toothed base.
2008 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 95 1349/2 In Duparquetia flowers the vexillary petal is exterior in bud.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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