angary

Meaning of angary

noun

the right of a country at war to seize or destroy neutral property out of military necessity, provided that compensation is paid.

late 19th century: from French angarie ‘chore, imposition’, from Italian or Latin angaria ‘forced service’, from Greek angareia, from angaros ‘courier’ (being liable to serve as the King's messenger), from Persian.

Information about angary

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of angary is: angaries.
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Hyphenation of angary

an-gary

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • angary is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with angary

Gary, gary, inlagary, utlagary, vagary, begary, fegary, vinegary, beggary, jaggary, figary, Calgary, calgary, Glengary, Hungary, boongary, hungary, sugary, unsugary

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