a. (sb.) [f. as prec. + -ARY.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to an expedition; sent on an expedition.
1817. Blackw. Mag., I. 201. The expeditionary troops destined to act against South America were reviewed.
1859. Thackeray, Virgin., xii. 96. The northward track which the expeditionary army had hewed out for itself.
1871. Proctor, Light Sc., 104. Inviting them, in the name of the American expeditionary parties, to accept this much needed assistance.
† B. sb. An officer who took care of dispatches at the Pope’s court. Obs.
1706. in Phillips (ed. Kersey).
1721–1800. in Bailey.
