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pensioner (iou)



pensioner noun. LME.
[Anglo-Norman, or Old French pensionier from medieval Latin pensionarius: see PENSIONARY noun1, -ER2.]
I.
An officer in the Inns of Court who collected the pensions and kept the relevant accounts. obsolete exc. Hist. LME.
A person receiving a pension or regular pay for services performed; (freq. derog.) a mercenary soldier, a hireling. obsolete exc. Hist. L15.
b. A person receiving a pension in consideration of past services or because of age, disability, or other circumstance preventing or limiting ability to work. E17.
old age pensioner: see OLD adjective.
R. Rendell The anxiety of a disabled pensioner expecting an ambulance.
c. A pimp. derog. M19.
spec. An attendant, a retainer, a member of a bodyguard, esp. of the British monarch within the royal palace; a gentleman-at-arms. obsolete exc. Hist. M16.
= PENSIONARY noun1 2. E17-M18.
II.
At Cambridge University, an undergraduate without financial support from his or her college, a student without a college scholarship. Cf. COMMONER noun 7. LME.
A person who lives in a boarding-house; a boarder; esp. a female boarder in a convent or school in France and French-speaking countries. M17-E19.