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Ancillary

//ænˈsɪl.ə.ɹiː// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Subordinate; secondary; auxiliary.

    "[…] how easily he took all things along with him,—the persons, the opinions, and the day, and nature became ancillary to a man."

Adjective
  1. 1
    furnishing added support wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Something that serves an ancillary function, such as an easel for a painter.

    "Auxiliaries and ancillaries are comprehensive, and include a Westinghouse motor-driven recriprocating compressor used for locomotive braking and general service air, two rotary exhauster sets for train brakes when hauling passenger or fitted freight trains, and an oil-fired train heating boiler."

  2. 2
    An auxiliary. archaic

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin ancillāris (“ancillary; relating to maids”), from ancilla (“maid”).

Etymology 2

From Latin ancillāris (“ancillary; relating to maids”), from ancilla (“maid”).

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