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Where does “stipendiary” come from?

Stipendiary comes from Latin stipendiarius, meaning one who receives or pays a stipend or military allowance.

stipendiary (English): receiving a stipend; One who receives a stipend

Definitions

  1. receiving a stipend; One who receives a stipend

Ancestry of “stipendiary”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinstipendiariusmercenary; stipendiary; tributary

Words derived from “stipendiary”

  • nonstipendiary
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