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pensioned, ppl. a.|ˈpɛnʃənd|
[f. pension v. + -ed1.]
In receipt of a pension; now esp. retired on a pension; in earlier use often implying venality.
1611Cotgr., Pensionné, pensioned, stipended, hired by pension, that takes an yearelie stipend. 1733Pope Hor. Sat. ii. i. 111 Could pension'd Boileau lash in honest strain Flatt'rers and Bigots ev'n in Louis' reign? 1815L. Hunt Feast of Poets, etc. 78 Mr. Southey, who is one of the pensioned reviewers in the Quarterly, does not blush to tell those who are acquainted with his former opinions..that a mere stickler for Reform..is little better than a ‘house⁓breaker’. 1897Daily News 26 Feb. 7/4 Among the others engaged..are twelve pensioned policemen, six army pensioners, and two pensioned firemen. |