Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—P

Pensioners

at the Universities and Inns of Court. So called from the French pension (board), pensionnaire (a boarder, one who pays a sum of money to dine and lodge with someone else).

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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