Pensionnaire
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pensionnaire is a noun meaning Someone who boards at a lodging-house, school, or other institution; a boarder, especially in France or other European countries.
Meaning
Someone who boards at a lodging-house, school, or other institution; a boarder, especially in France or other European countries.
More Meanings
- A junior member of the Comédie Française.
- (obsolete) Someone receiving a pension.
Example Sentences
[H]e found she had not taken the veil; but her mother being lately dead, had entered as a pensionaire, until her family-affairs could be adjusted.
Word Forms
- pensionnaires
- pensionaire
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pencioner, pension, penitentiary, perpension, guardant, paiment.
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