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AUXIL'IAR,

AUXIL'IARIES, noun plural Foreign troops in the service of nations at war.

AUXIL'IARY, noun

1. A helper; an assistant; a confederate in some action, enterprise or undertaking.

2. In grammar, a verb which helps to form the modes and tenses of other verbs; as, have, be, may, can, do, must, shall and will, in English.