pensioner

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Pronunciation

• (GA) IPA: /ˈpɛnʃənɚ/
• (RP) IPA: /ˈpɛnʃənə/

Noun

pensioner (plural pensioners)

1. Someone who lives on a pension, especially the retirement or old age pension.

   Synonyms: retiree

2. (by extension) Someone who is at the age at which one typically receives a pension; an elderly person.

   Synonyms: older adult, senior citizen

3. (obsolete, UK, Cambridge University) A student who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges; at Oxford called a commoner.

Translations

• French: retraité, retraitée
• German: Rentner, Rentnerin, Pensionär, Pensionärin
• Portuguese: pensionista, reformado, reformada
• Russian: пенсионе́р
• Spanish: pensionista

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