Stipendiary

/staɪˈpɛndjəɹi/ · adjective

Meaning

Receiving a stipend..

Definitions by Sense

1. Receiving a stipend.
2. One who receives a stipend.

Example Sentences

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.

Now, to become a stipendiary editor of a New-Year's Gift-Book is not to be thought of, nor could I agree to work for any quantity of supply to such a publication.

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.

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