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stipendiary

[stahy-pen-dee-er-ee] / staɪˈpɛn diˌɛr i /




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It's unlikely Jesus would have known Latin beyond a few words, says Jonathan Katz, stipendiary lecturer in Classics at Oxford University.

From BBC ● May 27, 2014

The moment I knew I was in trouble was when the stipendiary steward asked the trainer, 'Is it possible for a jockey to make a horse bleed during the course of the race?'

From The Guardian ● Mar. 26, 2013

The stipendiary steward noted an explanation from Noel Quinlan that the horse's back problem had been treated since his previous start three months before.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 8, 2011

Noel Quinlan said he spoke only to the stipendiary steward after the easy victories of Bishopbriggs and Tell Halaf, from the Newmarket stable which he shares with his brother, Michael.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 1, 2011

His eloquence and shrewdness as an advocate had more than once been commented upon by the stipendiary, hence he was gradually working up quite a lucrative practice.

From The Stretton Street Affair by William Le Queux

“No use taking the ‘great unpaid’ into my confidence, nor yet the sharper stipendiaries.

From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Mayne Reid

Would it not be possible to appoint a certain proportion of stipendiaries, with ample salaries, to that body?

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, October 11, 1890 by Various

The great wire-puller and his gang of stipendiaries were the objects of popular gratitude and adoration.

From Stories by American Authors (Volume 4) by Constance Fenimore Woolson

As soon as peace is restored, we will send out of the kingdom all foreign knights, cross-bowmen, and stipendiaries, who are come with horses and arms to the molestation of our people.

From Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins by John Fiske

But this stipend should be independent of those to be continued to the stipendiaries of the Rajah.

From A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II by William Sleeman




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