stipendiary

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun (United Kingdom) a paid magistrate (appointed by the Home Secretary) dealing with police cases
adjective pertaining to or of the nature of a stipend or allowance
adjective receiving or eligible for compensation

From Latin stipendiarius.

The stipendiary would have done it all very differently. — Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story, H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
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. — A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon : For the Use of Schools and Colleges, Lord, John
Never since the Norman Conquest had you an army so utterly inefficient, or generals so notoriously unskilful: no, not even in the reign of that venal traitor, that French stipendiary, the second Charles. — Imaginary Conversations and Poems: A Selection, Walter Savage Landor

stipendiary magistrate

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