Both Uses of
affiliate
in
Main Street
- A broad stairway led from the street to the upper hall, along which were the doors of a lawyer's office, a dentist's, a photographer's "studio," the lodge-rooms of the Affiliated Order of Spartans and, at the back, the Perrys' apartment.†
Chpt 12 *
- These convictions she presented to Vida Sherwin—Vida Wutherspoon—beside a radiator, over a bowl of not very good walnuts and pecans from Uncle Whittier's grocery, on an evening when both Kennicott and Raymie had gone out of town with the other officers of the Ancient and Affiliated Order of Spartans, to inaugurate a new chapter at Wakamin.†
Chpt 22
Definition:
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(affiliate as in: an affiliate of the...) noun: an organization or person that is closely associated with another person or organization
verb: to create a close association between two organizations or people