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prettygoodword) wrote2007-03-08 07:26 am
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vexillary
vexillary - n., a standard-bearer.
Also, a bunch of adjectives relating to its Latin root of vexillum, flag -- originally, it was a member of the oldest class of Roman army veterans who served under a special standard -- but this is the sense encountered in chivalric romance.
---L.
Also, a bunch of adjectives relating to its Latin root of vexillum, flag -- originally, it was a member of the oldest class of Roman army veterans who served under a special standard -- but this is the sense encountered in chivalric romance.
---L.