pen·sion·er /ˈpɛn(t)ʃ(ə)nɚ/
 領年金者;受僱者;僱傭


 Pen·sion·er n.
 1. One in receipt of a pension; hence, figuratively, a dependent.
    The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train.   --Milton.
    Old pensioners . . . of Chelsea Hospital.   --Macaulay.
 2. One of an honorable band of gentlemen who attend the sovereign of England on state occasions, and receive an annual pension, or allowance, of £150 and two horses.
 3.  In the university of Cambridge, England, one who pays for his living in commons; -- corresponding to commoner at Oxford.

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 pensioner
      n : the beneficiary of a pension fund [syn: pensionary]