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stipendiary

noun

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L328532 on Wikidata ↗

adjective

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L340799 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /staɪˈpɛndjəɹi/ / /staɪˈpɛndiˌɛɹi/

adj

Etymology: From Latin stipendiarius.

  1. Receiving a stipend.

    “His father, Mr. Justice Harley, died in his promising son's College term, bequeathing him nothing but his legal complexion, and Adrian became stipendiary officer in his uncles household.”

    “The unusual hour, appropriate as I supposed only to some porter or other stipendiary visitor of my hotel, caused to shine out with startling refulgence the morning splendors in which Papa Joliet had arrayed himself.”

noun

Etymology: From Latin stipendiarius.

  1. One who receives a stipend.

    “Delhi, the capital of the Great Mogul, fell into the hands of the English, and the emperor himself became a stipendiary of a company of merchants.”

    “I confess I have stipendiaries; they are the poor of Christ's flock; a treasure which I am well used in amassing.”