pensionary
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]pensionary (plural pensionaries)
- one who receives a pension; a pensioner
- (historical) A leading functionary and legal adviser of the principal town corporations in the Netherlands.
Derived terms
[edit]Adjective
[edit]pensionary (not comparable)
- maintained by a pension; receiving a pension
- 1633, John Donne, Elegy I: Jealousy:
- pensionary spies
- pertaining to a pension
- a pensionary provision for maintenance