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pencioner

pencioner is the obsolete form of pensioner.

Meaning of pensioner

Noun

pensioner (plural pensioners)

  1. (Canada, UK) Someone who lives on a pension, especially the retirement or old age pension.
    Synonyms:
    retiree
  2. (broadly) Someone who is at the age at which one typically receives a pension; an elderly person.
  3. (UK, obsolete, Cambridge University) A student who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges.
    Synonyms:
    commoner

Forms of pencioner

pluralpencioners

Questions about pencioner

What is pencioner the obsolete form of?
Pencioner is the obsolete form of pensioner.

Words near pencioner in the dictionary

  1. pencils in
  2. pencils out
  3. pencilslop
  4. pencilwood
  5. pencilwork
  6. pencioner
  7. pencioners
  8. Penclawdd
  9. Pencoed
  10. penconazole
  11. Pencourt

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pencioner (page history and authors); pensioner (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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