Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gentleman-pensioner

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English

Syllables: gen-tle-man-pen-sion-er
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Obsolete

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

gentleman-pensioners (plural) gentlemen-pensioners (plural)

Questions

What does gentleman-pensioner mean?: A member of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, a bodyguard to the British monarch.

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