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‖ pensionnaire|pɑ̃sjɔnɛr|
[F. (14th c. in Hatz.-Darm.) = med.L. pensiōnārius, and Eng. pensionary, pensioner.]
a. One in receipt of a pension; a pensioner, a paid retainer. rare.
b. One who boards in a French lodging-house, institution, or family.
c. A junior member of the Comédie Française.
1598Dallington Meth. Trav. M iij b, Of his [King of France's] Expence,..it is very hard to relate an exact proportion, considering..the vncertainty of the numbers of Pensionaires, or prouisioned. a1794Gibbon Autobiog. & Corr. (1869) 73, I now entered myself as a pensionaire, or boarder, in the elegant house of Mr. De Mesery. 1833L. Ritchie Wand. by Loire 46 The pensionnaires of the nuns of Saint Ursula were next. 1897Daily News 1 Jan. 2/3 The average age of the new pensionnaires is seventy. 1897Westm. Gaz. 2 Sept. 5/2 Some young people who were staying in his house as pensionnaires. 1901Scotsman 16 Apr. 8/7 The distribution of rôles among sociétaires and pensionnaires—full members of the company and salaried aspirants. |