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
- 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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