\Pen"sion*er\, n.
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 [pounds]150 and two
   horses.
3. [Cf. F. pensionnaire one who pays for his board. Cf.
   {Pensionary}, n.] In the university of Cambridge, England,
   one who pays for his living in commons; -- corresponding
   to commoner at Oxford. --Ld. Lytton.