PENSIONER

pensioner. Pensioner, n. one who has or lives on a pension

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Pen″sion‐er (?), n. 1. 1. One in receipt of a pension; hence, figuratively, a dependent.
The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train. Milton. Old pensioners . . . of Chelsea Hospital. Macaulay. 2. 2. One of an honorable band of gentlemen who attend the sovereign of England on state occasions, and receive an annual pension, or allowance, of £150 and two horses.
3. 3. [[Cf. F. pensionnaire one who pays for his board. Cf. Pensionary, n.]] In the university of Cambridge, England, one who pays for his living in commons; — corresponding to commoner at Oxford. Ld. Lytton.