Pensioner

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Commoner \Com"mon*er\, n.
     1. One of the common people; one having no rank of nobility.
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              All below them [the peers] even their children, were
              commoners, and in the eye of the law equal to each


              other.                                --Hallam.
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     2. A member of the House of Commons.
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     3. One who has a joint right in common ground.
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              Much good land might be gained from forests . . .
              and from other commonable places, so as always there
              be a due care taken that the poor commoners have no
              injury.                               --Bacon.
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     4. One sharing with another in anything. [Obs.] --Fuller.
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     5. A student in the university of Oxford, Eng., who is not
        dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all
        university charges; - - at Cambridge called a {pensioner}.
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     6. A prostitute. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pensioner
       n : the beneficiary of a pension fund [syn: {pensionary}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  47 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  PENSIONER. One who is supported by an allowance at the will of another. It 
  is more usually applied to him who receives an annuity or pension from the 
  government.