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Pensionary
Pensionary meaning
one who receives a pension; a pensioner | A leading functionary and legal adviser of the principal town corporations in the Netherlands.
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Example sentences (7)
There is no other source of income for them other than the pensionary benefits received by Jasbir Kaur, said the report.
Gaspar Fagel replaced de Witt as Grand Pensionary, and was more friendly to William's interests.
His was a one-man Executive that would in no way be encumbered by the 19 man Legislative Corps, that had no powers apart from the Pensionary.
Johan de Witt had been unable to function as Grand Pensionary after being wounded by an attempt on his life on 21 June.
The constitution of the Pensionary was actually to be maintained with a few minor alterations (the title of raadpensionaris changed to that of King; and the size of the Staatsraad and the legislative corps nearly doubled).
The Pensionary conducted his business assisted by a Staatsraad, that resembled the French Conseil d'État more than the old Raad van State, and by Secretaries of State, who resembled the Agenten of the Uitvoerend Bewind.
Ver Huell started scheming with his French patrons behind the back of Schimmelpenninck and feeding negative information about the Pensionary that found its way into the French press.