pensioner

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person who receives a pension, especially after retirement

   The housing discount is available to every pensioner in the district.

2. 2
   noun

   a person financially maintained by another and therefore regarded as dependent on that patron

   Opponents dismissed the client king as a pensioner of the foreign court.

3. 3
   noun

   at some British universities, a student who pays for tuition and maintenance rather than holding a scholarship

   The register lists him as a pensioner rather than a scholar of the college.

From Middle English pensioner, through Anglo-Norman pensionner and Old French pensionnier, from Medieval Latin pensionarius. It originally denoted anyone receiving a regular payment, which explains both the modern retiree and historical dependent senses.

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