About The Word Pensioner
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Pensioner
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What's The Definition Of Pensioner?
[n] the beneficiary of a pension fund
Synonyms | Synonyms for Pensioner: pensionary Related Terms | Find terms related to Pensioner: allottee | almsman | almswoman | annuitant | assign | assignee | assistant | beneficiary | charge | client | commoner | dependent | devisee | donee | employee | encumbrance | exhibitioner | feoffee | girl Friday | golden-ager | grantee | hired hand | hired man | hireling | legatary | legatee | man Friday | mercenary | myrmidon | optime | passman | patentee | pensionary | protege | public charge | questionist | right-hand man | senior citizen | servitor | sizar | sophister | stipendiary | veteran | ward | worker | wrangler | wrinkly See Also | beneficiary | donee | old-age pensioner Pensioner In Webster's Dictionary \Pen"sion*er\, n.
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. 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.
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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