Pensionary

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  • adjective. Constituting a pension.
  • adjective. Mercenary; venal.
  • noun. A pensioner.
  • noun. A hireling.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of the nature of a pension; consisting in a pension: as, a pensionary provision for maintenance.
  • Maintained by a pension; receiving a pension.
  • noun. A person who receives a pension from government for past services, or a yearly allowance from some company or individual; a pensioner.
  • noun. Formerly, a chief magistrate in the larger towns of Holland.
  • noun. A house in which pensioners reside; formerly, at Cambridge, England, a residence for undergraduates not on the foundation of a college.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Maintained by a pension; receiving a pension.
  • adjective. Consisting of a pension.
  • noun. One who receives a pension; a pensioner.
  • noun. One of the chief magistrates of towns in Holland.
  • noun. the title of the prime minister, or or president of the Council, of Holland when a republic.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. one who receives a pension; a pensioner
  • noun. A leading functionary and legal adviser of the principal town corporations in the Netherlands.
  • adjective. maintained by a pension; receiving a pension
  • adjective. pertaining to a pension
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a person who works only for money
  • noun. the beneficiary of a pension fund
  • Word Usage
    "That neither the American public nor its government will no longer tolerate being the pensionary policeman to the oil producer's extortion."
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