"agentry" meaning in English

See agentry in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: agentries [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin agō Latin agēnsder. English agent English -ry English agentry From agent + -ry. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|agent|-ry|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin agō Latin agēnsder. English agent English -ry English agentry [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "act", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "agō", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "agēns", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "agent", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ry", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "agentry", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="agentry"> From agent + -ry., {{ety|en|:af|agent|-ry|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin agēnsder. English agent Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós Proto-Italic *-āsijos Proto-Italic *-āsios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erieaph. Middle English -re, -ri, -rie, -ry, -rye English -ry English agentry From agent + -ry. Head templates: {{en-noun|-|ies}} agentry (usually uncountable, plural agentries)
  1. The position of being an agent. Tags: uncountable, usually Derived forms: double agentry, secret agentry

Inflected forms

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    ],
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      "agēns",
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    ],
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      "-ry",
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    ],
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        "The position of being an agent."
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}

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