Definizione monolingua

stipendiary

stipendiary (plural stipendiaries)

1. • 1874, John Lord, A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon^[3]:

     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.

   • 1908, John Henry Newman, Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3)^[4]:

     I confess I have stipendiaries; they are the poor of Christs flock; a treasure which I am well used in amassing.

stipendiary (not comparable)

1. receiving a stipend
   • 1875, Various, Lippincotts Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Vol. XV., No. 85. January, 1875.^[1]:

     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.

   • 1890, Walter Scott, The Journal of Sir Walter Scott^[2]:

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

Definizione dizionario stipendiary

Altri significati:

receiving a stipend