Meaning

3 senses
  1. (Canada, UK)Someone who lives on a pension, especially the retirement or old age pension.

    Rentner, Rentnerin, Pensionär

    пенсионе́рpensionér, пенсионе́ркаpensionérka

    пенсіоне́рpensionér, пенсіоне́ркаpensionérka

  2. (broadly)Someone who is at the age at which one typically receives a pension; an elderly person.

  3. (UK, obsolete)A student who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges.

More definitions
  • the beneficiary of a pension fund

Examples

10 sentences
  1. She's a widow and a pensioner, and faces many hardships.

    Він вдовець і пенсіонер, тому у нього складне життя.

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  2. The con artist victimizes elderly pensioners.

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  3. He may have grey hair, but he's not a pensioner yet.

    deEr ist zwar grauhaarig, aber er ist noch kein Rentner.

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  4. The restaurant was full of pensioners taking advantage of the early-bird special.

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  5. Mary is a pensioner.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
someone who lives on a pension:
Русский
By meaning 1
someone who lives on a pension:
Deutsch
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someone who lives on a pension:

Origin

From Middle English pensioner, from Anglo-Norman pensionner and Old French pensionnier, fr

From Middle English pensioner, from Anglo-Norman pensionner and Old French pensionnier, from Medieval Latin pēnsiōnārius. By surface analysis, pension + -er.

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Forms

plural: pensioners
Singularpensioner
Pluralpensioners

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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