pensionnaire noun3 •Someone who boards at a lodging-house, school, or other institution; a boarder, especially in France or other European countries.[H]e found she had not taken the veil; but her mother being lately dead, had entered as a pensionaire, until her family-affairs could be adjusted. — 1751 •A junior member of the Comédie Française. •(no longer used) Someone receiving a pension. formspensionnaires