pensioner Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the beneficiary of a pension fund
    pensionary.

WordNet

Pen"sion*er noun
Definitions
  1. One in receipt of a pension; hence, figuratively, a dependent.
    The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train. Milton.
    Old pensioners . . . of Chelsea Hospital. Macaulay.
  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 £150 and two horses.
  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.

Webster 1913