Pensioner
['penʃ(ə)nə] or ['pɛnʃənɚ]
Definition
(n.) One in receipt of a pension; hence, figuratively, a dependent.
(n.) 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.
(n.) In the university of Cambridge, England, one who pays for his living in commons; -- corresponding to commoner at Oxford.
Typist: Martha
Examples
- Mortimer, the gardener, who wheels the Bath chair, is an army pensioner--an old Crimean man of excellent character. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It is not that I have seen my good Amy attentive, and--ha--condescending to my old pensioner--it is not _that_ that hurts me. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- What a dear old pensioner you are! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- When he mentioned him, he spoke of him casually as his old pensioner. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I am not in a position to express my feeling toward Mr. Casaubon: it would be at best a pensioner's eulogy. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- You are a charming old pensioner,' said Bella, 'and I am so happy that I wish I could make you happy, too. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Even the poor deer, our antlered proteges, were obliged to fall for the sake of worthier pensioners. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The old grey managers, the old grey clerks, the doddering old pensioners, he looked at them, and removed them as so much lumber. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The Elector Adolphus of Nassau invited him to enter his service as one of his gentlemen pensioners, and paid him a generous salary. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
Typist: Sadie