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Tributary Meaning in German |
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Tributpflichtige
, Zufluss
, Nebenfluss
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Tributary
- (n.) A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; an affluent.
- (a.) Hence, subject; subordinate; inferior.
- (a.) Paid in tribute.
- (a.) Paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an acknowledgment of submission, or to secure protection, or for the purpose of purchasing peace.
- (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.
- (a.) Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part, branch, etc.; contributing; as, the Ohio has many tributary streams, and is itself tributary to the Mississippi.
Synonyms:
Affluent, Feeder,
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