paymaster

2 ENTRIES FOUND:

pay·mas·ter

noun \-ˌmas-tər\

Definition of PAYMASTER

: an officer or agent whose duty it is to pay salaries or wages

Examples of PAYMASTER

  1. She worked as the company's paymaster for 22 years.

First Known Use of PAYMASTER

1550

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