- pensionary⇄adj. 1. consisting or of the nature of a pension.
2. receiving a pension.
3. mercenary; hireling; venal. - pensionary⇄noun 1. pensioner.
2. (formerly, in the Netherlands) the chief magistrate of a city.
Ex. Jean Sersanders, the pensionary of Ghent (J. F. Kirk). - pensionary⇄pensionary, noun, pl.-aries,adjective.