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pensionership

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pen⋅sion⋅er

[pen-shuh-ner]
–noun
1. a person who receives or lives on a pension.
2. a hireling.
3. a student at Cambridge University who pays for his or her commons and other expenses, and is not supported by any foundation.
4. Obsolete. a gentleman-at-arms.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME < AF; see pension, -er 2


pen⋅sion⋅er⋅ship, noun
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