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pensioner

Syllables: pen·sion·er/ˈpɛnʃənə/US/ˈpɛnʃənɚ/

pensioner noun: someone who lives on a pension, especially the retirement or old age pension.

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

pensioner meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

pensioner in Tamil

ஓய்வூதியக்காரர், ஓய்வூதியர், ஓய்வூதியதாரர்

pensioner in Urdu

وثیقہ دار, وظیفہ خور

pensioner in Malayalam

retired person, old-age pensioner, OAP
അടുത്തൂൺകാരൻ, വെെതനികൻ, പെൻഷൻ വാങ്ങുന്നവൻ, ഉദ്യോഗത്തിൽ നിന്നു പിരിഞ്ഞയാൾ, ഉദ്യോഗകാലാവധി കഴിഞ്ഞയാൾ, പെൻഷൻകാരൻ

pensioner in Kannada

ಪಿಂಚಣಿದಾರ
More languagesFewer languages
pensioner in Arabic
مُتَقَاعِد mutaqāʕid
pensioner in Malay
pesara
pensioner in Indonesian
pensiunan
pensioner in Myanmar
ပင်စင်စား pangcangca:

Synonyms of pensioner

Forms of pensioner

pluralpensioners
alternative form (obsolete)pencioner

Plural of pensioner: pensioners

Origin of pensioner

From Middle English pensioner, from Anglo-Norman pensionner and Old French pensionnier, from Medieval Latin pēnsiōnārius. By surface analysis, pension + -er.

Words formed from pensioner

Questions about pensioner

What does pensioner mean?
Pensioner means someone who lives on a pension, especially the retirement or old age pension.
What is pensioner in Tamil?
Pensioner in Tamil is ஓய்வூதியக்காரர், ஓய்வூதியர், ஓய்வூதியதாரர். See Pensioner meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pensioner?
Pensioner is a noun.
How do you pronounce pensioner?
Pensioner is pronounced /ˈpɛnʃənə/ (UK).
What is the plural of pensioner?
The plural of pensioner is pensioners.

Words near pensioner in the dictionary

  1. pensioned
  2. pensioned off
  3. pensionee
  4. pensioneering
  5. pensionees
  6. pensioner
  7. pensioners
  8. pensionership
  9. pensionerships
  10. pensiones
  11. pensionhouse

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pensioner (page history and authors); pensioner (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pensioner (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pensioner (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); pensioner (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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