Synonyms for pensioner

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pen-shuh-ner

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛn ʃə nər

Définition of pensioner

Origin : late 15c., from Anglo-French pensionner, from Old French pensionnier (mid-14c.), from Medieval Latin pensionarius, from pension (see pension (n.)).

noun retired person

Example sentences :

While Pensioner was saying this, he took the tongs and picked a live coal from the fire.
Extract from : « Our Young Folks, Vol 1, No. 1 » by Various

His mother and the Pensioner were sitting before the fire as he entered the house.
Extract from : « Our Young Folks, Vol 1, No. 1 » by Various

“He is a jolly boy,” said the pensioner to Paul's mother, as Paul left the room.
Extract from : « Our Young Folks, Vol 1, No. 1 » by Various

I have been his pensioner for nigh a year back: I am so still.
Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever

I suspect, however, that you will soon be freed from your pensioner.
Extract from : « Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II (of II) » by Edmund Downey

He often found him under the maple in front of the Pensioner's house.
Extract from : « Winning His Way » by Charles Carleton Coffin

"He is a jolly boy," said the Pensioner to Paul's mother, as Paul left the room.
Extract from : « Winning His Way » by Charles Carleton Coffin

Man's case is always that of the prodigal's favourite or the miser's pensioner.
Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy

A neighbour (Andrew Goldie, the pensioner) lent me his piece, and loaded it to me.
Extract from : « The Life of Mansie Wauch » by David Macbeth Moir

Yet who shall say, with certainty, that Young was a pensioner?
Extract from : « The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes » by Samuel Johnson

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