PENSIONER
\pˈɛnʃənə], \pˈɛnʃənə], \p_ˈɛ_n_ʃ_ə_n_ə]\
Definitions of PENSIONER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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One in receipt of a pension; hence, figuratively, a dependent.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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One in receipt of a pension; hence, figuratively, a dependent.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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One who receives a pension. pensionary.
By James Champlin Fernald
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One who receives a pension; a discharged soldier who receives a pension; one of an honourable band of gentlemen attendant upon the sovereign; at Cambridge or Dublin, a student of the second rank who pays for his own board and other charges-at Oxford such a one is a commoner.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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