gentleman-pensioner

[ jen-tl-muhn-pen-shuh-ner ]

noun,plural gen·tle·men-pen·sion·ers.

(formerly) a gentleman-at-arms.

Origin of gentleman-pensioner

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First recorded in 1620–30

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How to use gentleman-pensioner in a sentence

"Upon a simple solution of the matter," replied the gentleman-pensioner.
The Fifth of November | Charles S. Bentley
He was co-opted at Cambridge in 1642 as (apparently) a gentleman pensioner or commoner.
Minor Poets of the Caroline Period, Vol III | John Cleveland

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