stipendiary UK /staɪˈpɛndjəɹi/US /staɪˈpɛndiˌɛɹi/adjective 1noun 1forms 1 adjective1 •Receiving a stipend.His father, Mr. Justice Harley, died in his promising son's College term, bequeathing him nothing but his legal complexion, and Adrian became stipendiary officer in his uncles household. — 1859 noun1 •One who receives a stipend.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. — 1874 formsstipendiaries
