Paymaster definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary PA'YMASTER, n. One who ... duty or loyalty because of payment given. 3 (in full Paymaster General) Brit. the minister at the head of the Treasury department responsible for payments. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Paymaster Pay"mas`ter, n. One who pays; one who compensates ... the provisions, clothing, and public moneys on shipboard; -- now called paymaster. 2. A clerk on steam passenger vessels whose duty it ... as the receipt of freight, tickets, etc. 3. Colloquially, any paymaster or cashier. Purser's name (Naut.), a false name. [Slang] Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (paymasters) 1. A paymaster is a person or organization that pays and therefore ...
... the provisions, clothing, and public moneys on shipboard; -- now called paymaster. 2. A clerk on steam passenger vessels whose duty it ... as the receipt of freight, tickets, etc. 3. Colloquially, any paymaster or cashier. Purser's name (Naut.), a false name. [Slang ... hospital steward, landing signalman, liquidator, mail orderly, navigator, oiler, payer, paymaster, purse bearer, radio operator, ratepayer, receiver, recompenser, remunerator, roustabout, snip ...
... 1819, in Brownsville, N. Y. He entered the service as paymaster in 1849; was made assistant paymaster-general with the rank of colonel in 1866; and in 1880 was appointed paymaster-general with the rank of brigadier-general.
... the provisions, clothing, and public moneys on shipboard; -- now called paymaster. 2. A clerk on steam passenger vessels whose duty it ... as the receipt of freight, tickets, etc. 3. Colloquially, any paymaster or cashier. Purser's name (Naut.), a false name. [Slang ...
... After the close of the war he was reinstated as paymaster, and subsequently became paymaster of the army. He died March 11, 1868, In Washington ...
... services in the war against the Navajo Indians; and became paymaster in 1867. He was promoted lieutenant-colonel and deputy paymaster-general in 1895.