different between pensioner vs pensionary

English

Alternative forms

• pencioner (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English pensioner, from Anglo-Norman pensionner and Old French pensionnier, from Medieval Latin p?nsi?n?rius. Surface etymology is pension +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?n??n?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?n??n?/
• Hyphenation: pen?sion?er

Noun

pensioner (plural pensioners)

1. Someone who lives on a pension, especially the retirement or old age pension.

   Synonym: retiree

2. (by extension) Someone who is at the age at which one typically receives a pension; an elderly person.

   Synonyms: older adult, senior citizen

3. (obsolete, Britain, Cambridge University) A student who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges; at Oxford called a commoner.

Translations

Anagrams

• perniones, ponerines

Swedish

Noun

pensioner

1. indefinite plural of pension

English

Etymology

pension +? -ary

Noun

pensionary (plural pensionaries)

1. one who receives a pension; a pensioner
2. (historical) A leading functionary and legal adviser of the principal town corporations in the Netherlands.

Adjective

pensionary (not comparable)

1. maintained by a pension; receiving a pension
   • 1633, John Donne, Elegy I: Jealousy

     pensionary spies

2. pertaining to a pension

   a pensionary provision for maintenance