old-age pensioner
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈoʊld-eɪdʒ ˈpɛnʃənər/
- UK
- Many old-age pensioners enjoy participating in social activities at community centers.
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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
208
1.0
A person who is much older than most adults
177
3.1
An older person who is respected for age and experience
87
2.0
An older person who is usually retired and often over 60 years old
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2.7
A person who has stopped working because of age or choice
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1.7
A person in the later years of life
10
2.0
A person who receives regular payments after they stop working
6
1.0
A person who has stopped working because of age or health
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7.6
A person who is clearly past middle age
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6.8
A person who is older and usually retired
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8.1
A person who receives regular retirement payments from a company or government
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'.