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pensioner definition

pen·sioner (pen′s̸hə nər)

noun

  1. a person who receives a pension; pensionary
  2. Obsolete a gentleman-at-arms

Etymology: ME < MFr pensionnier < ML pensionarius

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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