pensioner
[pen-shuh-ner]
- a person who receives or lives on a pension.
- a hireling.
- a student at Cambridge University who pays for his or her commons and other expenses, and is not supported by any foundation.
- Obsolete. a gentleman-at-arms.
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Origin of pensioner
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Contemporary Examples
“As Muslims, we want it to be a mosque, but we also have to think of the foreigners and their rights,” said Asim Gur, a pensioner.
Dimitris Christoulas, the pensioner who took his life, summed up the sentiments of many in his chilling suicide note.
Greece’s Elections in May Will Not Solve the Country’s Many Crises Nor Heal DisunityBarbie Latza Nadeau
April 14, 2012
Unlike the NFL pensioner, Anthony has nothing to fall back on.
Historical Examples
While Pensioner was saying this, he took the tongs and picked a live coal from the fire.
His mother and the Pensioner were sitting before the fire as he entered the house.
“He is a jolly boy,” said the pensioner to Paul's mother, as Paul left the room.
I have been his pensioner for nigh a year back: I am so still.
One Of ThemCharles James Lever
I suspect, however, that you will soon be freed from your pensioner.
pensioner
- a person who is receiving a pension, esp an old-age pension from the state
- a person dependent on the pay or bounty of another
- obsolete, British another name for gentleman-at-arms
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Word Origin and History for pensioner
n.
late 15c., from Anglo-French pensionner, from Old French pensionnier (mid-14c.), from Medieval Latin pensionarius, from pension (see pension (n.)).
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