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Definition of Tributary

1. Noun. A branch that flows into the main stream.

2. Adjective. (of a stream) flowing into a larger stream.

3. Adjective. Paying tribute. "A tributary colony"

4. Adjective. Tending to bring about; being partly responsible for. "A contributory factor"

Definition of Tributary

1. a. Paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an acknowledgment of submission, or to secure protection, or for the purpose of purchasing peace.

2. n. A ruler or state that pays tribute, or a stated sum, to a conquering power, for the purpose of securing peace and protection, or as an acknowledgment of submission, or for the purchase of security.

Definition of Tributary

1. Noun. A river that flows into a larger river or other body of water. ¹

2. Noun. A nation, state, or other entity that pays tribute. ¹

3. Adjective. Related to the paying of tribute. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tributary

1. [n -RIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tributary

tribulations tribunal tribunals tribunary tribunate tribunates tribune tribunes tribuneship tribuneships

tribunician tribunitious tributaries tributarily tributariness tributary (current term) tributary load tributary loads tribute tribute album

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Literary usage of Tributary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report by New York and Erie Railroad Company (1853)
"The annexed table (A.) shows the lateral tributary roads, ... These tributary roads, have each, one of their termini on the New York and Erie ..."

2. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1882)
"All t° *he that escaped absorption by the Lithuanian became tributary . ... J tributary to the Mongol. Still the relation wras only a tributary one; ..."

3. Picturesque History of Yorkshire: Being an Account of the History by Joseph Smith Fletcher (1899)
"Each of the tributary streams runs through districts 'and scenery peculiar to itself, and the traveller is'thus continually presented with a variety which ..."

4. Elements of International Law by Henry Wheaton (1904)
"tributary States, and States having a feudal relation tributary and to each other, are still considered as sovereign, so far as their sovereignty is not ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The state of Baroda, which has been tributary to Great Britain from 1802, has an area of 8100 square miles and a population (1911) of 2,- ..."

6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"15000, with a tributary trading population of 50000. GENEVA, Switzerland, canton, bounded on the north by the canton of Vaud and the Lake of Geneva, ..."

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