pensioner
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman pensionner, from Old French pensionnier, from Medieval Latin pēnsiōnārius. Surface etymology is pension + -er.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɛnʃənɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɛnʃənə/
- Hyphenation: pen‧sion‧er
Noun
pensioner (plural pensioners)
- Someone who lives on a pension.
- Someone who is at the age at which one typically receives a pension; an elderly person.
- (obsolete, Britain, Cambridge University slang) 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
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Swedish
Noun
pensioner
- indefinite plural of pension
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