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gentlemen-pensioners

gentlemen-pensioners is the plural of gentleman-pensioner.

Meaning of gentleman-pensioner

Noun

gentleman-pensioner (plural gentleman-pensioners or gentlemen-pensioners)

  1. (obsolete) A member of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, a bodyguard to the British monarch.

Questions about gentlemen-pensioners

What is gentlemen-pensioners the plural of?
Gentlemen-pensioners is the plural of gentleman-pensioner.

Words near gentlemen-pensioners in the dictionary

  1. gentlemen's measures
  2. gentlemen's room
  3. gentlemen's rooms
  4. gentlemen-at-arms
  5. gentlemen-in-waiting
  6. gentlemen-pensioners
  7. gentleness
  8. gentlenesses
  9. gentlepeople
  10. gentleperson
  11. gentlepersonly

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