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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
Example sentences :
  • 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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