Category:Pensionary

Pen"sion*a*ry, a.

1. Maintained by a pension; receiving a pension; as, pensionary Spies. Donne.

2. Consisting of a pension; as, a pensionary provision for Maintenance.

Pensionary Pen"sion*a*ry, n.; pl. Pensionaries. Etym: [cf. F. pensionnaire. Cf. Pensioner.]

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

2. 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.