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Definition of Pensioned
1. pension [v] - See also: pension
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pensioned
Literary usage of Pensioned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the by James Ferguson, John Scot (1899)
"Pensioned Ensign Thomas Buchanan to be ensign by replacement, April 24th, 1757.
... Pensioned Lieut. Roderick Mackenzie to be lieut. by replacement, ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1881)
"Discharged from the service August 26, 1865, and pensioned (loc. cit., p. 337).
CASK 111. ... 27, 1862, and pensioned. Left side of face paralyzed, ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Thence Chaucer was ransomed by the king, who, when the Lady Elizabeth died, took
over her page, and later (1367) pensioned him for life. ..."
4. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1897)
"His father, when dethroned by England like so many other Indian princes, had been
richly pensioned. Upon his death, Nana demanded the continuance of the ..."
5. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents by United States President, James Daniel Richardson (1897)
"The husband of this beneficiary was pensioned for a gunshot wound in his right
shoulder which he received in 1864 in a battle with Indians, The report of ..."
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