pensioner
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman pensionner, from Old French pensionnier, from Medieval Latin pēnsiōnārius. Surface etymology is pension + -er.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: pen‧sion‧er
Noun
pensioner (plural pensioners)
- Someone who lives on a pension, especially the retirement or old age pension.
- Synonym: retiree
- (by extension) Someone who is at the age at which one typically receives a pension; an elderly person.
- Synonyms: older adult, senior citizen
- (obsolete, UK, Cambridge University) A student who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges; at Oxford called a commoner.
Translations
someone who lives on a pension
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someone at typical age for a pensioner — see senior citizen
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Noun
pensioner
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