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pensioner


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pensioner  \Pen"sion*er\,  n. 
  1.  One  in  receipt  of  a  pension;  hence  figuratively,  a 
  dependent. 
 
  The  fickle  pensioners  of  Morpheus'  train.  --Milton. 
 
  Old  pensioners  .  .  .  of  Chelsea  Hospital. 
  --Macaulay. 
 
  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. 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Commoner  \Com"mon*er\,  n. 
  1.  One  of  the  common  people;  one  having  no  rank  of  nobility. 
 
  All  below  them  [the  peers]  even  their  children,  were 
  commoners,  and  in  the  eye  of  the  law  equal  to  each 
  other  --Hallam. 
 
  2.  A  member  of  the  House  of  Commons. 
 
  3.  One  who  has  a  joint  right  in  common  ground. 
 
  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. 
 
  4.  One  sharing  with  another  in  anything  [Obs.]  --Fuller. 
 
  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}. 
 
  6.  A  prostitute.  [Obs.]  --Shak. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pensioner 
  n  :  the  beneficiary  of  a  pension  fund  [syn:  {pensionary}] 




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