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tributary
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Definition:1. A ruler or state that pays tribute, or a stated sum, to a conquering power, for the purpose of securing peace and protection, or as an acknowledgment of submission, or for the purchase of security.Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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As England was his faithful tributary,
As love between them like the palm might flourish,
William Shakespeare. Hamlet
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On coming to where I was sitting he stopped short in his advance with the precision of a tributary chieftain before the throne of a sovereign,
Marcel Proust. In Search of Lost Time [volume 3]
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