ETYM Latin ancillaris, from ancilla a female servant.
Subservient or subordinate, like a handmaid; auxiliary.
Auxiliary; secondary; subordinate; auxiliary.
ETYM Latin, compar. of inferus that is below, underneath, the lower; akin to Eng. under: cf. French inférieur. Related to Under.
1. Of or characteristic of low rank or importance.
2. Of low or inferior quality.
3. (Astronomy) Having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit.
ETYM Cf. French secondaire, Latin secundaire. Related to Second.
1. Of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate.
2. Not of major importance.
3. Depending on or incidental to what is original or primary.
4. Belonging to a lower class or rank.
Of the stage of education and schools preceding collegiate; SYN. high.
Ranked quantitatively but not qualitatively
Of secondary import.