paymaster

[ pey-mas-ter, -mah-ster ]

/ ˈpeɪˌmæs tər, -ˌmɑ stər /

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noun

a person authorized by a company, government, etc., to pay out wages or salaries, especially in the military.

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Origin of paymaster

First recorded in 1540–50; pay¹ + master

OTHER WORDS FROM paymaster

pay·mas·ter·ship, noun

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paying guest, payload, payload assist module, payloader, payload specialist, paymaster, payment, payment by results, Payne, Payne operation, paynim

How to use paymaster in a sentence

Richard Mellon Scaife—paymaster of the ‘vast right-wing conspiracy’—died July 4.
Scaife v. Clinton and the Dangers of Demonization|John Avlon|July 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And a little later we, too, left the post, following in the dusty wake of the paymaster's wagon and its mounted escort.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
I tore back to the paymaster's camp and begged him to get his men mounted and we would follow it up.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
He told her that he had sent us to look for it, and that we had taken advantage of the opportunity to rob the paymaster.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair

Piegan snorted when I told him we were on the dodge—that they were trying to nail us for holding up the paymaster.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
As paymaster he had large sums of public money in his hands to meet calls at fixed periods.
The Political History of England - Vol. X.|William Hunt

British Dictionary definitions for paymaster

paymaster

/ (ˈpeɪˌmɑːstə) /

noun

an official of a government, business, etc, responsible for the payment of wages and salaries

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