old-age pensioner
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈoʊld-eɪdʒ ˈpɛnʃənər/
- UK
:
pensionista
- Many old-age pensioners enjoy participating in social activities at community centers.
Everyone around me is old age pensioners on their deathbeds.
- Everyone around me is old age pensioners on their deathbeds.
Examples
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The community organized a special event to celebrate the contributions of old-age pensioners during the local festival.
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Full of old-age pensioners learnin' ballroom dancin'!
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Everyone around me is old age pensioners on their deathbeds.
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Old-age pensioners took their turn next.
Academic text (1994) -
It's one thing to think of your own aunt turning tricks with the old-age pensioners.
Fiction book (1990) -
There he met an old age pensioner called Louie Walsh and The X Factor was born.
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Well, Denise... nah she's an old age pensioner, well preserved like her highness.
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Shortly afterwards, Paul is also made bankrupt when he attempts to blackmail an old-age pensioner.
Academic text (1994) -
Or traded drugs with cancer victims, alcoholics, old-age pensioners, AIDS patients, epileptics and bored housewives.
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The government recently announced new benefits for old-age pensioners to help with rising living costs.
Synonyms
175
1.0
A person who is much older than most adults
162
3.1
An older person who is respected for age and experience
73
2.7
A person who has stopped working because of age or choice
62
2.0
An older person who is usually retired and often over 60 years old
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1.7
A person in the later years of life
11
2.0
A person who receives regular payments after they stop working
3
1.0
A person who has stopped working because of age or health
3
7.6
A person who is clearly past middle age
A person who receives regular retirement payments from a company or government
A person who is older and usually retired
Surface Forms
Morphology
old-age + pensioner
The meaning is directly derivable from the constituents: 'old-age' (the period of being elderly) combined with 'pensioner' (a person who receives a pension) yields a person who receives a state pension because they are elderly. The hyphenation and British usage do not obscure the compositional meaning, so a B1 learner who knows the parts would understand it.
Etymology
Old-age pensioner joins the parts old age and pensioner, where a pension is a regular payment given when someone stops work because they are old. So, it means 'a person who receives a state pension after reaching the official retirement age'.