PENSIONARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pensionary mean? 

• PENSIONARY (noun)
  The noun PENSIONARY has 2 senses:

1. the beneficiary of a pension fund

2. a person who works only for money

  Familiarity information: PENSIONARY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PENSIONARY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The beneficiary of a pension fund

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

pensionary; pensioner

Hypernyms ("pensionary" is a kind of...):

beneficiary; donee (the recipient of funds or other benefits)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pensionary"):

old-age pensioner (an old person who receives an old-age pension)

Derivation:

pension (grant a pension to)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person who works only for money

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

hireling; pensionary

Hypernyms ("pensionary" is a kind of...):

employee (a worker who is hired to perform a job)