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Definition of 'pensioner'

noun

The beneficiary of a pension fund [syn: pensioner, pensionary]

From: GCIDE

Pensioner \Pen"sion*er\, n.
1. One in receipt of a pension; hence, figuratively, a dependent. [1913 Webster]
The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Old pensioners . . . of Chelsea Hospital. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Commoner \Com"mon*er\, n.
1. One of the common people; one having no rank of nobility. [1913 Webster]
All below them [the peers] even their children, were commoners, and in the eye of the law equal to each other. --Hallam. [1913 Webster]
2. A member of the House of Commons. [1913 Webster]
3. One who has a joint right in common ground. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
4. One sharing with another in anything. [Obs.] --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
6. A prostitute. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]