'treatyless
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treaty (ˈtriːtɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -ties | |
| 1. | a. a formal agreement or contract between two or more states, such as an alliance or trade arrangement |
| b. the document in which such a contract is written | |
| 2. | any international agreement |
| 3. | any pact or agreement |
| 4. | an agreement between two parties concerning the purchase of property at a price privately agreed between them |
| 5. | archaic negotiation towards an agreement |
| 6. | in Canada |
| a. any of the formal agreements between Indian bands and the federal government by which the Indians surrender their land rights in return for various forms of aid | |
| b. (as modifier): treaty Indians; treaty money | |
| 7. | an obsolete word for entreaty |
| [C14: from Old French traité, from Medieval Latin tractātus treaty, from Latin: discussion, from tractāre to manage; see | |
| 'treatyless | |
| —adj | |
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'treatyless
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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