stipendiary
noun/staɪˈpendiəri/
/staɪˈpendieri/
(plural stipendiaries)
(also stipendiary magistrate)
- (in the UK) a magistrate who was paid for his or her workOxford Collocations DictionaryStipendiary is used before these nouns:
- magistrate
Word Originlate Middle English (as a noun): from Latin stipendiarius, from stipendium, from stips ‘wages’ + pendere ‘to pay’.Definitions on the go
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