pensioner
English
/ˈpɛnʃənɚ/, /ˈpɛnʃənə/
noun
Definitions
- Someone who lives on a pension, especially the retirement or old age pension.
- (by extension) Someone who is at the age at which one typically receives a pension; an elderly person.
- (obsolete) A student who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges; at Oxford called a commoner.
Etymology
Borrowed from pensionner derived from Old French pensionnier derived from Latin pēnsiōnārius suffix from English pension.
Origin
English
pension
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nonpensioner English
- outpension English
- pension English
- pension house English
- pensionable English
- pensionary English
- pensioneering English
- pensionless English
- pēnsiōnārius Latin
- pinsean Irish
- pinsinéir Irish
- pensionnier Old French
- पेंशन Hindi
- pensyon Cebuano
- peinnsean Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- ပင်စင် Burmese
- pencione xno
- pensionner xno