PENSIONARY

a. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Maintained by a pension; receiving a pension; as, pensionary spies. Donne.

2.
a.

Consisting of a pension; as, a pensionary provision for maintenance.

3.
n.

One who receives a pension; a pensioner. E. Hall.

4.
n.

One of the chief magistrates of towns in Holland. Grand pensionary, the title of the prime minister, or or president of the Council, of Holland when a republic.

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