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Pensioner vs Pensionary - What's the difference?

pensioner | pensionary |

As nouns the difference between pensioner and pensionary

is that pensioner is someone who lives on a pension while pensionary is one who receives a pension; a pensioner.

As an adjective pensionary is

maintained by a pension; receiving a pension.

pensioner

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone who lives on a pension.
  • Someone who is at the age at which one typically receives a pension; an elderly person.
  • (obsolete, UK, Cambridge University) A student who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges; at Oxford called a commoner.

    • pensionary

    English

    Noun

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

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • maintained by a pension; receiving a pension
  • * John Donne
    • pensionary spies
  • pertaining to a pension
    • a pensionary provision for maintenance