Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Pensioner

Pensioner , noun

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. — Ld. Lytton