Definition of: pensioner

(pen′shən·ər) noun
1. One who receives a pension; hence, one who is dependent on the bounty of another.
2. In Cambridge University, England, and Dublin University, Ireland, a student who pays his own expenses: at Oxford University, England, called commoner.
3. A boarder, as in a convent or school.
4. Archaic One of the gentlemen–at–arms comprising the royal bodyguard within the palace: instituted by Henry VIII.
5. Obs. A paid soldier; a mercenary.