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What does expeditionary mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word expeditionary? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to an expedition.
  2. (military) Intended for military operations abroad.
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In 1900 he served on the staff of the expeditionary force sent there to crush the Boxer rebellion, thus attracting the notice of the kaiser.
The expeditionary Army will be no different from the wartime and peacetime armies that preceded it.
Yet far from welcoming an effort to provide Europe with a nascent expeditionary capability, he may misgive it.
The Army should certainly be an effective participant in expeditionary operations.
Arguably, this war was the first use of effects-based operations by an expeditionary force.
The limited size of such expeditionary forces obviously renders them incapable of attacking Russia.

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