Word Study
stipendiary
CIDE DICTIONARY
stipendiary, a. [L. stipendiarius: cf. F. stipendiaire.].
Receiving wages, or salary; performing services for a stated price or compensation. [1913 Webster]
"His great stipendiary prelates came with troops of evil-appointed horseman not half full." [1913 Webster]
stipendiary, n.
One who receives a stipend. [1913 Webster]
"If thou art become
A tyrant's vile stipendiary." [1913 Webster]
A tyrant's vile stipendiary." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
stipendiary, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 receiving a stipend.
2 working for pay, not voluntarily.
--n. (pl. -ies) a person receiving a stipend.
--adj.
1 receiving a stipend.
2 working for pay, not voluntarily.
--n. (pl. -ies) a person receiving a stipend.
Idiom
stipendiary magistrate a paid professional magistrate.
Etymology
L stipendiarius (as STIPEND)
THESAURUS
stipendiary
allottee, almsman, almswoman, annuitant, assign, assignee, beneficiary, devisee, donee, dotal, dower, dowered, dowry, endowed, feoffee, grantee, invested, legatary, legatee, patentee, pensionary, pensioner, subsidiaryROGET THESAURUS
stipendiary
Subjection
N subjection, dependence, dependency, subordination, thrall, thralldom, thraldom, enthrallment, subjugation, bondage, serfdom, feudalism, feudality, vassalage, villenage, slavery, enslavement, involuntary servitude, conquest, service, servitude, servitorship, tendence, employ, tutelage, clientship, liability, constraint, oppression, yoke, submission, obedience, subject, dependent, subordinate, feudal, feudatory, in subjection to, under control, in leading strings, in harness, subjected, enslaved, constrained, downtrodden, overborne, overwhelmed, under the lash, on the hip, led by the nose, henpecked, the puppet of, the sport of, the plaything of, under one's orders, under one's command, under one's thumb, a slave to, at the mercy of, in the power of, in the hands of, in the clutches of, at the feet of, at one's beck and call, liable, parasitical, stipendiary, under, slaves - in a land of light and law.Receiving
N receiving, acquisition, reception, suscipiency, acceptance, admission, recipient, accipient, assignee, devisee, legatee, legatary, grantee, feoffee, donee, releasee, relessee, lessee, receiver, sportulary, stipendiary, beneficiary, pensioner, pensionary, almsman, income, receiving, recipient, suscipient, received, given, secondhand, not given, unbestowed &c (give), (bestow).For further exploring for "stipendiary" in Webster Dictionary Online