STIPENDIARY

 Dictionary entry overview: What does stipendiary mean? 

• STIPENDIARY (noun)
  The noun STIPENDIARY has 1 sense:

1. paid magistrate (appointed by the Home Secretary) dealing with police cases

  Familiarity information: STIPENDIARY used as a noun is very rare.

• STIPENDIARY (adjective)
  The adjective STIPENDIARY has 3 senses:

1. pertaining to or of the nature of a stipend or allowance
2. receiving or eligible for compensation
3. for which money is paid

  Familiarity information: STIPENDIARY used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STIPENDIARY (noun)

Meaning:

Paid magistrate (appointed by the Home Secretary) dealing with police cases

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

stipendiary; stipendiary magistrate

Hypernyms ("stipendiary" is a kind of...):

judge; jurist; justice; magistrate (a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice)

Domain region:

Britain; GB; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland)

• STIPENDIARY (adjective)

Meaning:

Pertaining to or of the nature of a stipend or allowance

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

stipendiary funds

Pertainym:

stipend (a sum of money allotted on a regular basis; usually for some specific purpose)

Meaning:

Receiving or eligible for compensation

Synonyms:

compensated; remunerated; salaried; stipendiary

Context examples:

salaried workers / a stipendiary magistrate

Similar:

paid (marked by the reception of pay)

Meaning:

For which money is paid

Synonyms:

compensable; remunerative; paying; stipendiary; salaried

Context examples:

a paying job / remunerative work / salaried employment / stipendiary services

Similar:

paid (marked by the reception of pay)