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Plural of pensioner

regular plural

The plural of pensioner is pensioners.

Forms of pensioner

Singularpensioner /ˈpɛnʃənə/
Pluralpensioners
Countablecountable

Pensioners in a sentence

  • Trotskyite students chanting against the patriarchy; anarchists; grizzled veterans of '68; plenty of pensioners; theatre-workers.2016 March 9, Hugh Schofield, “France unions and youths protest against labour reforms”, in BBC News. From the entry usual suspects
  • The ages ranged from late teens and college students to pensioners in their sixties.2005, Marijke de Valck, Malte Hagener, Cinephilia: Movies, Love and Memory, page 115. From the entry forumite
  • Armies of bogus retuners were expected to steal pensioners' life savings.2000, New Statesman, volume 129, numbers 4493-4505, page 15. From the entry retuner
  • But a “grandfather” clause allows the three million pensioners already receiving it to keep on getting it.1981 December 17, “Santa Claus? No, Grandfather Clause”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry grandfather clause
  • The Reservoir I grew up in was populated by menacing, toothless Torana-driving bogans, crushed menthol-smoking pensioners and toddlers who swore.2009, Catherine Deveny, Free to a Good Home, page 47. From the entry bogan

Meaning of pensioner

  1. noun Someone who lives on a pension, especially the retirement or old age pension.
  2. noun Someone who is at the age at which one typically receives a pension; an elderly person.
  3. noun A student who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges.

Full definition of pensioner

Questions about the plural of pensioner

What is the plural of pensioner?
The plural of pensioner is pensioners.
Is pensioner countable?
Pensioner is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pensioner (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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