gentlemen-pensioners
- plural of gentleman-pensioner.
Example Sentences
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The serjeants-of-arms followed, and then two lines again of gentlemen-pensioners walking, bare-headed, carrying wands, in short cloaks and elaborate ruffs.
From By What Authority? by Benson, Robert Hugh
Then those choice spirits of the Court too, sitting or lying on either hand, and several of the gentlemen-pensioners on guard at each wing.
From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Curling, Henry
