pensionary noun². ['pɛnʃ(ǝ)n(ǝ)ri] L16.
[from PENSION + -ARY¹, prob. after medieval Latin pensionarius (see PENSIONARY noun¹).]
A residence for pensioners. Formerly also spec., a residence at Cambridge University for undergraduates not financially supported by their college.
Server A pensionary for retired seamen.

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pensionary adjective. ['pɛnʃ(ǝ)n(ǝ)ri] Now rare. L15.
[formed as PENSIONARY noun¹.]
1. Providing an ecclesiastical pension or endowment. L15-M16.

2. Receiving a pension; in the pay of a person or persons; fig. mercenary. M16.

3. Consisting, or of the nature, of a pension. M16.

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pensionary noun¹. ['pɛnʃ(ǝ)n(ǝ)ri] Now rare. M16.
[medieval Latin pensionarius receiver or payer of a pension, from Latin pensio(n-): see PENSION, -ARY¹.]
1. A person receiving a pension; spec. a person in the pay or hire of another, a hireling. M16.

2. The chief municipal magistrate of a Dutch city; esp. (also Grand Pensionary) the first minister and magistrate of the former Dutch province of Holland and Zeeland. obsolete exc. Hist. L16.

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