Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who lives in a pension; a boarder.
- noun One who receives a pension.
- noun One of the two classes of actors at the Comédie Française, engaged yearly at a fixed salary and, after a certain number of years as a probationer, nominated and usually admitted
sociétaire (which see).
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word pensionnaire.
Examples
-
In 1838 she signed a contract as a pensionnaire at the most prestigious institution of the French stage, the Comédie Française, the official state theater where Samson himself was an actor.
-
Aurelia and Adele were in the first division of the second class; the second division was headed by a pensionnaire named
-
J'y avais été pensionnaire au début des années cinquante!
Fresques italiennes/Italian frescoes Oleg Kuzin 2006
-
J'y avais été pensionnaire au début des années cinquante!
Archive 2006-06-01 Oleg Kuzin 2006
-
Milly proceeds to an admirable French school, as a pensionnaire, and leaves this on Thursday next.
Uncle Silas 2003
-
“Mademoiselle, you know little of me; I can be embarrassed as a petite pensionnaire; there is a fund of modesty and diffidence in my nature —”
Villette 2003
-
“Pardon, Mademoiselle,” said a pensionnaire, entering gently; and having taken from her desk some necessary book or paper, she withdrew on tip-toe, murmuring as she passed me,
Villette 2003
-
A pensionnaire, to whom I had rendered some little service, exclaimed one day as she sat beside me: “Mademoiselle, what a pity you are a Protestant!”
Villette 2003
-
'There is a French pensionnaire staying here, the same as I am.
Letters to His Friends Forbes Robinson
-
She was immediately admitted _pensionnaire_, and at the end of eighteen months unanimously elected _sociétaire_.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.