expeditionary

[ ek-spi-dish-uh-ner-ee ]

adjective

1. pertaining to or composing an expedition:

   an expeditionary force.

Other Words From

• preex·pe·dition·ary adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of expeditionary¹

First recorded in 1700–10; expedition + -ary

Example Sentences

But AM-2 is not a friend to the agility that justifies the F-35B over other forms of expeditionary airpower.

From The Daily Beast

As commander of the American Expeditionary Force, Pershing made two all-important and bitterly controversial decisions.

From The Daily Beast

A splendid expeditionary force sails away; invades an Empire, storms the outworks and in doing so knocks itself to bits.

From Project Gutenberg

Amidst such scenery the expeditionary flotilla began its voyage at eleven o'clock.

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Outfitted thus we might have been major generals or we might have been second lieutenants of the American Expeditionary Forces.

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The day after war was declared, recruiting was begun for an expeditionary force of 21,000 men.

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From August 7th onward, until the Expeditionary Force had been safely landed, the submarines kept their watch.

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