Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Subsisting on alms or charitable contributions.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Subsisting on alms or charitable contributions.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete, rare
Subsisting onalms orcharitable contributions .
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I was a sportulary college student. posted by Frank | 12:40 AM
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I was a sportulary college student. posted by Frank | 12:40 AM
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sportulary: subsisting on the gifts of patrons or charitable contributions
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sportulary: subsisting on the gifts of patrons or charitable contributions
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missanthropist commented on the word sportulary
Dependant, subsistent, or supported by the doles or gifts of patrons.
Sir James Murray's New English Dictionary, 1919
May 17, 2008