单词 | pensionnaire |
释义 | pensionnairen.ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > [noun] > dependant spear1539 dependerc1565 dependant1598 pensionnaire1604 feedera1616 reliant1665 encumbrance1742 to-fall1822 loaf-eater1844 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > payment in consideration of past service > pensioner stipendiaryc1584 outpensioner1706 pensioner1721 letterman1724 in-pensioner1761 pensionnaire1897 old age pensioner1909 1604 R. Dallington View of Fraunce sig. M3v Of his [sc. the King of France's] Expence,..it is very hard to relate an exact proportion, considering..the vncertainty of the numbers of Pensionaires, or prouisioned. 1897 Daily News 1 Jan. 2/3 The average age of the new pensionnaires is seventy. 2. In France and other European countries: a person who boards in a lodging house or institution, or with a family. Also: a boarder, esp. a young girl, at a school. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > temporary inhabitant > [noun] > in another's house > lodger boarder1530 inmake1536 inmate1589 quarterer1595 commoner1598 tabler1598 by-settel1612 lodgera1616 inquilinea1641 pensioner1673 pensionnairea1794 Artful Dodger1839 paying guest1853 roomer1859 star boarder1875 pension-boarder1898 latchkey1905 PG1925 a1794 E. Gibbon Memoirs in Misc. Wks. (1796) I. 119 I now entered myself as a pensionaire, or boarder, in the elegant house of Mr. De Mesery. 1833 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Loire 46 The pensionnaires of the nuns of Saint Ursula were next. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 2 Sept. 5/2 Some young people who were staying in his house as pensionnaires. 1966 E. Kyle Love is for Living iii. 26 As well as taking visitors on holiday, the convent had pensionnaires living here all the year round. 1978 J. Krantz Scruples ii. 41 Instead of the trapped look that usually came over the faces of pensionnaires when she made this announcement, this disaster of a girl looked eager. 2002 Austral. Financial Rev. (Nexis) 24 Dec. (Weekend Review) 4 She..allowed me to use the pension's shower every day... The other, French, pensionnaires were allowed only one free shower a week. 3. A junior member of the Comédie Française. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [noun] > company of actors > specific company > member of specific company sociétaire1841 pensionnaire1842 1842 Times 9 May 6/3 On her first entrance, as Vert-Vert, surrounded by the pensionnaires,..the curiosity of the audience was tickled. 1892 Scribner's Mag. Jan. 24/2 Many an actor at the Française has passed through the Odéon before being accepted as pensionnaire at the first theatre. 1901 Scotsman 16 Apr. 8/7 The distribution of rôles among sociétaires and pensionnaires—full members of the company and salaried aspirants. 1998 Guardian (Nexis) 17 Nov. She took first prize [at the Conservatoire] in drama. She became a pensionnaire at the Comédie Française. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1604 |
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