Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pensionary \Pen"sion*a*ry\, n.; pl. {Pensionaries}. [Cf. F.
   pensionnaire. Cf. {Pensioner}.]
   1. One who receives a pension; a pensioner. --E. Hall.

   2. One of the chief magistrates of towns in Holland.

   {Grand pensionary}, the title of the prime minister, or or
      president of the Council, of Holland when a republic.