Meanings
adjectivehumanitary (comparative more humanitary, superlative most humanitary)
comparative more humanitary · superlative most humanitary
- archaichumanitarian
In confinement ladies are attended, not by the ordinary doctors, but by women especially devoted to the calling, who regard their profession as honorable and humanitary.
1887, The Popular Science Monthly, volume 31, page 629
Origin
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humanitary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humanitary
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“humanitary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humanitary. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “humanitary,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humanitary.
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