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pensioner

[ pen-shuh-ner ]

noun

  1. a person who receives or lives on a pension.
  2. a person who works only for pay without regard to the value of the work; a hireling.
  3. a student at Cambridge University who pays the cost to dine in the commons and other expenses, and is not supported by any foundation.
  4. Obsolete. a gentleman-at-arms.


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noun

  1. a person who is receiving a pension, esp an old-age pension from the state
  2. a person dependent on the pay or bounty of another
  3. obsolete.
    another name for gentleman-at-arms
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of pensioner1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English; from Anglo-French; pension, + -er 2( def )
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