Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Fitted or intended for the carriage of burdens; comprising a burden.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Fitted for, or carrying, a burden.

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  • adjective Fitted for, or carrying, a burden.

Etymologies

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Latin onerarius, from onus, oneris, load, burden: compare French onéraire. See onus, onerous.

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