Pensionary

Definitions: Pensionary

Pensionary

Noun

1. The beneficiary of a pension fund.

2. A person who works only for money.

Date "pensionary" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references)

"Pensionary" is a common misspelling or typo for: Pensioner, Pensioners.

Synonyms: Pensionary

Synonyms: hireling (n), pensioner (n). (additional references)

Synonym by domain: Grand Pensionary (public administration, history & folklore).

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Receiving	Sportulary, stipendiary; beneficiary; pensioner, pensionary; almsman.
Servant	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; (servility); led captain; protege, ward, hireling, mercenary, puppet, tool, creature.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Pensionary

English words defined with "pensionary": Pensionaries. (references)

Specialty definitions using "pensionary": Grand Pensionary. (references)

"Pensionary" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Pensionary" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	2	245,945

Expression using "pensionary": Grand Pensionary. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "pensionary"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		Pensionist (pensioner, retiree), Rrogëtar (pensioner, salaried, stipendiary, wage earner, wageworker), Mercenar (hireling, mercenary, soldier of fortune). (various references)

Arabic		‏طالب داخلي, ‏المتقاعد (pensioner). (various references)

Bulgarian		Пенсионер, Пенсионен, Креатура, Наемник. (various references)

Czech		Penzista (pensioner). (various references)

French		Pensionnaire (pensioner, retired person). (various references)

German		Pensionär (annuitant, boarder, paying guest, pensioner, retired employe, retired employee, retired man, retired person, retiree). (various references)

Greek		�"ικαιούμενοσ Συντάξεωσ. (various references)

Hungarian		Nyugdíjas (pensioner, retired). (various references)

Italian		Di Pensione. (various references)

Pig Latin		ensionarypay

Portuguese		Pensionista (boarder, guest, inmate, lodging, pensioner, retiree), Reformável (reformable), Assalariado (employee, journeyman, salaried, salaried worker, stipendiary, wage earner, wage earning classes, wage worker). (various references)

Romanian		Plãtit (paid), Pensionat (emeritus, retiring, superannuated), Pensionar (pensioner), Nãimit (hireling), Marionetã (dummy, marionette, pawn, puppet, tool). (various references)

Russian		Продажный, Пенсионный, Пенсионер, Наемник, Жадный. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		penzioner (pensioner, retiree), penzijski. (various references)

Spanish		Pensionado (pensioner, retired), Retirado (annuitant, disengaged, pensioner, ret., retired, retired employe, retired employee, retired person, retreat, secluded, sequestered, withdrawn), Mercenario (hack, hireling, mercenary), Jubilado (annuitant, emeritus, Jubilate, pensioner, ret., retired, retired employe, retired employee, retired person, retiree, senior citizen, superannuated). (various references)

Swedish		Pension-. (various references)

Ukranian		Пенсійний, Пенсіонер, Корисливий. (various references)

Vietnamese		tay sai (creature, lackey, lacquey, mercenary), người hưởng lương hưu người được hưởng trợ cấp người l� m thuê. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-i-n-n-o-p-r-s-y"
	-1 letter: aepyornis, pyronines.
	-2 letters: annoyers, panniers, pyranose, pyronine, raisonne, saponine, spinnery.
	-3 letters: annoyer, epinaos, erasion, insaner, insnare, orpines, paniers, pannier, pension, persona, pinners, pinones, pinyons, pyrones, rapines, saponin, senopia, soapier, soprani, spanner, spinner, spinney.
	-4 letters: anions, annoys, anyone, aprons, ariose, arisen, arpens, arseno, arsine, arsino, aspire, eonian, inaner, inanes, inners, insane, inspan, irones, napery, narine.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-i-n-n-o-p-r-s-y"
	+2 letters: aminopyrines, expansionary.
	+3 letters: pancreozymins.
	+4 letters: sulfinpyrazone.
	+5 letters: hyperinflations, interpersonally, sulfinpyrazones.
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