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    [Noun]  | "trib*u*tary" | \ ˈtri-byə-ˌter-ē \


    1: a stream feeding a larger stream or a lake

    2: a ruler or state that pays tribute to a conqueror


    Origin: 14th century ;

    [Noun]  | "tributaries" 


    1: a stream that flows into a larger body of water;


      * e.g., " ... the Amazon and its more than 1,000 known tributaries form the world's largest drainage basin "





    [Noun]  | "tributary" 


    1: a stream that flows into a larger body of water;


      * e.g., " ... the Amazon and its more than 1,000 known tributaries form the world's largest drainage basin "





     [ "tributary" ]

    1: 1) It is literally off the mainstream, it is the hipster's way of saying the word hipster/indie. 2) A term for a small stream that joins to the mainstream.

      * e.g.,  ... 1) Found this new band on youtube with only 12 views on one of their songs, i'm so tributary. 

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