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Definition of Paymaster
1. Noun. A person in charge of paying wages.
Definition of Paymaster
1. n. One who pays; one who compensates, rewards, or requites; specifically, an officer or agent of a government, a corporation, or an employer, whose duty it is to pay salaries, wages, etc., and keep account of the same.
Definition of Paymaster
1. Noun. An official in charge of payments to employees, troops, etc. ¹
2. Noun. A person or body which demands loyalty or services in return for payment (especially as paid in advance). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Paymaster
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paymaster
Literary usage of Paymaster
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"APPEAL from a Judgment of the Court of Claims in favor of the appellee, for
compensation as paymaster in the navy beyond what he had been paid under the ..."
2. The Records of Living Officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps by Lewis Randolph Hamersly (1898)
"Promoted to Poszed Assistant paymaster, USN, May 4, 1866. ... While ashore,
paymaster Stevenson ascertained that Captain Charles Lawson, ..."
3. The Military Laws of the United States: Relating to the Army, Volunteers by United States, John F. Callan (1868)
"An Act fixing the salary of the paymaster of the army of the United States, and
allowing a sum for the employment of additional clerks in his office for the ..."
4. The Military Laws of the United States: Relating to the Army, Volunteers by United States, John F. Callan (1863)
"An Act fixing the salary of the paymaster of thr army of thf United ... That, in
lieu of the monthly compensation now allowed by law to the paymaster of the ..."
5. Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War by New Jersey Adjutant-General's Office, William Scudder Stryker (1872)
"paymaster, Sussex. ELMER, ELL Second Lieutenant, "Western Company, Artillery,"
State troops; paymaster, Cumberland and Cape May. ELLIS, JOSEPH. paymaster ..."
6. Pennsylvania Archives by Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania State Library (1853)
"That the regimental paymasters only shall receive from the paymaster or deputy
paymaster general, the money due upon abstracts to the officers and soldiers, ..."
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