auxiliary

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The tournament is the single the largest fundraiser for The William W. Backus Hospital auxiliary, which is fulfilling a five-year pledge of $600,000 toward the hospital's capital campaign.

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  1. adjective Giving assistance or support; helping.
  2. adjective Acting as a subsidiary; supplementary: the main library and its auxiliary branches.
  3. adjective Held in or used as a reserve: auxiliary troops; an auxiliary power generator.
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  • He would rent the auxiliary, the lamps, pump, navigear, the gooseneck, CQR anchor, and other hardware, pay off the harbormaster and bribe the small boys not to spit over the quayside into the cockpit. —  The Many-Coloured Land -- Julian May
  • The pope also named the auxiliary bishop of Halifax, Claude Champagne, as the new bishop of Edmundston in Canada. —  Newsvine - Get Smarter Here
  • Her parents were active in VFW and its auxiliary, and Butler recalls as a girl helping her mom sell Buddy Poppies. —  billingsgazette.com
  • All activities and fundraisers the auxiliary is engaged with are related to veterans and their families.
  • The tournament is the single the largest fundraiser for The William W. Backus Hospital auxiliary, which is fulfilling a five-year pledge of $600,000 toward the hospital's capital campaign. —  Norwich Bulletin Home RSS
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  1. Middle English, from Latin auxiliārius, from auxilium, help; see aug- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin auxiliarius, equivalent to auxiliaris, helping: see auxiliar.
 

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/ɔgˈzɪlɪəri/
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