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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A member of one of the two classes of actors at the Comédie Française, in Paris, who has an interest in the theater and its government, a share of the profits, and assists in the choice of plays. On retirement he is pensioned. The other class is composed of pensionnaires (which see).

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