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pensioners

pensioners is the plural 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

Phrases with pensioners

Questions about pensioners

What is pensioners the plural of?
Pensioners is the plural of pensioner.

Words near pensioners in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pensioners (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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