Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
adjective
- subordinate; subsidiary.
- auxiliary; assisting.
noun, plural an·cil·lar·ies.
- something that serves in an ancillary capacity: Slides, records, and other ancillaries can be used with the basic textbook.
adjective
- subsidiary
- auxiliary; supplementaryancillary services
noun plural -laries
- a subsidiary or auxiliary thing or personthe company has an ancillary abroad
1660s, “subservient, subordinate,” from Latin ancillaris “relating to maidservants,” diminutive of ancilla “handmaid,” fem. diminutive of anculus “servant,” literally “he who bustles about,” from root of ambi- “about” (see ambi-) + PIE *kwol-o-, from root *kwel- “move round, turn about, be much about” (see cycle (n.)).
adj.
- Relating to or being auxiliary or secondary.