See ancillary on Wiktionary
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"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "person",
"word": "boy"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "person",
"word": "aide à la personne"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "person",
"word": "employé de maison"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"sense": "person",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "auxiliar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"sense": "person",
"word": "asistente"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"sense": "person",
"word": "axudante"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "person",
"word": "domestico"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "person",
"word": "servo"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pomocnik"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "podčinjónnyj",
"sense": "person",
"word": "подчинённый"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "person",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "auxiliar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "person",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ayudante"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "subordinado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "subordinada"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "person",
"word": "criado"
}
],
"word": "ancillary"
}
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"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": detálʹ vs. vspomogatelʹnaja",
"path": [
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],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "ancillary",
"trace": ""
}
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