亚洲网紅露点

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pensionary

[ pen-shuh-ner-ee ]

noun

plural pensionaries.
  1. a pensioner.
  2. a hireling.


adjective

  1. of the nature of a pension.
  2. receiving a pension.

pensionary

/ 藞辫蓻苍蕛蓹苍蓹谤瑟 /

adjective

  1. constituting a pension
  2. maintained by or receiving a pension
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a person whose service can be bought; hireling
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of pensionary1

From the Medieval Latin word 辫脓苍蝉颈艒苍腻谤颈耻蝉, dating back to 1530鈥40. See pension, -ary
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Pauw was replaced as pensionary by Jacob Cats, and the objections of Richelieu were met and satisfied.

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Grotius, when he was only thirty, was made pensionary of the city of Rotterdam.

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His father was pensionary officer of justice; and the family, which consisted of three sons and two daughters, lived in the most delightful domestic harmony.

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The first writer who is known to have attempted to obtain, on correct mathematical principles, the value of a life annuity, was Jan De Witt, grand pensionary of Holland and West Friesland.

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The great Cardinal was already Charles鈥檚 pensionary, but the pension was several years in arrear.

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