| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Belonging to a faction; being a partisan; taking sides.[Websters]
2. Being schismatic. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being cliquish. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb factionarily.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (factionarily) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective factionary.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "FACTIONARY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1608. (references) |
| Etymology:Factionary \Fac"tion*a*ry\, adjective. [Compare to the French expression factionnaire, from Latin expression factionarius the head of company of charioteers.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: FACTIONARY
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] A party man; one of a faction. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
