expeditionary
pertaining to or composing an expedition: an expeditionary force.
Origin of expeditionary
1Other words from expeditionary
- pre·ex·pe·di·tion·ar·y, adjective
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How to use expeditionary in a sentence
But AM-2 is not a friend to the agility that justifies the F-35B over other forms of expeditionary airpower.
Why Can’t America’s Newest Stealth Jet Land Like It’s Supposed To? | Bill Sweetman | May 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs commander of the American expeditionary Force, Pershing made two all-important and bitterly controversial decisions.
A splendid expeditionary force sails away; invades an Empire, storms the outworks and in doing so knocks itself to bits.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonAmidst such scenery the expeditionary flotilla began its voyage at eleven o'clock.
The British Expedition to the Crimea | William Howard RussellOutfitted thus we might have been major generals or we might have been second lieutenants of the American expeditionary Forces.
The Glory of The Coming | Irvin S. Cobb
The day after war was declared, recruiting was begun for an expeditionary force of 21,000 men.
The Canadian Dominion | Oscar D. SkeltonFrom August 7th onward, until the expeditionary Force had been safely landed, the submarines kept their watch.
The Heroic Record of the British Navy | Archibald Hurd
British Dictionary definitions for expeditionary
/ (ˌɛkspɪˈdɪʃənərɪ) /
relating to or constituting an expedition, esp a military one: an expeditionary force
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