pensionary

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: pen=sion=ar=y

CIDE DICTIONARY

pensionary, a. 

•  Maintained by a pension; receiving a pension; as, pensionary spies.  Donne.  [1913 Webster]
•  Consisting of a pension; as, a pensionary provision for maintenance.  [1913 Webster]

pensionary, n. [Cf. F. pensionnaire. Cf. Pensioner.].

•  One who receives a pension; a pensioner.  E. Hall.  [1913 Webster]
•  One of the chief magistrates of towns in Holland.  [1913 Webster]

Grand pensionary, the title of the prime minister, or or president of the Council, of Holland when a republic.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

pensionary, adj. & n.
--adj. of or concerning a pension.
--n. (pl. -ies)
1 a pensioner.
2 a creature; a hireling.

Idiom

Grand Pensionary hist. the first minister of Holland and Zealand (1619-1794).

Etymology

med.L pensionarius (as PENSION(1))

ROGET THESAURUS

pensionary

Servant

N servant, subject, liegeman, servant, retainer, follower, henchman, servitor, domestic, menial, help, lady help, employe, attache, official, retinue, suite, cortege, staff, court, attendant, squire, usher, page, donzel, footboy, train bearer, cup bearer, waiter, lapster, butler, livery servant, lackey, footman, flunky, flunkey, valet, valet de chambre, equerry, groom, jockey, hostler, ostler, tiger, orderly, messenger, cad, gillie, herdsman, swineherd, barkeeper, bartender, bell boy, boots, boy, counterjumper, khansamah, khansaman, khitmutgar, yardman, bailiff, castellan, seneschal, chamberlain, major-domo, groom of the chambers, secretary, under secretary, assistant secretary, clerk, subsidiary, agent, subaltern, underling, understrapper, man, maid, maidservant, handmaid, confidente, lady's maid, abigail, soubrette, amah, biddy, nurse, bonne, ayah, nursemaid, nursery maid, house maid, parlor maid, waiting maid, chamber maid, kitchen maid, scullery maid, femme de chambre, femme fille, camarista, chef de cuisine, cordon bleu, cook, scullion, Cinderella, potwalloper, maid of all work, servant of all work, laundress, bedmaker, journeyman, charwoman, bearer, chokra, gyp (Cambridge), hamal, scout (Oxford), serf, vassal, slave, negro, helot, bondsman, bondswoman, bondslave, ame damnee, odalisque, ryot, adscriptus gleboe, villian, villein, beadsman, bedesman, sizar, pensioner, pensionary, client, dependant, dependent, hanger on, satellite, parasite, led captain, protege, ward, hireling, mercenary, puppet, tool, creature, badge of slavery, bonds, in the train of, in one's pay, in one's employ, at one's call, in bonds.

Receiving

N receiving, acquisition, reception, suscipiency, acceptance, admission, recipient, accipient, assignee, devisee, legatee, legatary, grantee, feoffee, donee, releasee, relessee, lessee, receiver, sportulary, stipendiary, beneficiary, pensioner, pensionary, almsman, income, receiving, recipient, suscipient, received, given, secondhand, not given, unbestowed &c (give), (bestow).