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pensionnaire

boarder, resident pupil

noun pahn-syoh-NEHR Rare

Also means

resident (of a care home or institution)

Usage Note

Pensionnaire refers to someone who lives in an institution — a boarding-school pupil, a resident of a retirement home, or even a full-time member of a theatre company such as the Comédie-Française. It is gender-common: un/une pensionnaire. Contrast with demi-pensionnaire (a pupil who only has lunch at school).

Examples

"Les pensionnaires rentrent chez eux le week-end."

Natural Translation

The boarders go home at the weekend.

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