Found 3 items, similar to Pensioner.
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Definition: pensioner
pensiunan
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Definition: pensioner
pensioner
n : the beneficiary of a pension fund [syn:
pensionary]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pensioner
Pensioner
\Pen"sion*er\, n.
1. One in receipt of a pension; hence, figuratively, a
dependent.
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The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train. --Milton.
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Old pensioners . . . of Chelsea Hospital.
--Macaulay.
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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 [pounds]150 and two
horses.
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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.
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