pensioner
pensioner is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 2.Etym: [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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accept
- acceptance
- accipient
- accrue
- acquire
- acquisition
- admission
- admit
- almsman
- assignee
- beneficiary
- bestow
- catch
- come
- devisee
- donee
- fall
- feoffee
- give
- given
- grantee
- hand
- have
- income
- into
- introduction
- legatary
- legatee
- lessee
- lot
- not
- off
- one
- pass
- pensionary
- purse
- put
- receipt
- receive
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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