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De - Pt| English Dictionary: pensioner | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for pensioner | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Pensioner \Pen"sion*er\, n. 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 [9c]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. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Commoner \Com"mon*er\, n. 1. One of the common people; one having no rank of nobility. All below them [the peers] even their children, were commoners, and in the eye of the law equal to each other. --Hallam. 2. A member of the House of Commons. 3. One who has a joint right in common ground. Much good land might be gained from forests . . . and from other commonable places, so as always there be a due care taken that the poor commoners have no injury. --Bacon. 4. One sharing with another in anything. [Obs.] --Fuller. 5. A student in the university of Oxford, Eng., who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges; - - at Cambridge called a {pensioner}. 6. A prostitute. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
