outpensionern.
/ˈaʊtpɛnʃn̩ə/, /ˈaʊtpɛnʃənə/, U.S. /ˈaʊtˌpɛnʃ(ə)nər/ Now historical.
A person receiving an out-pension. Cf. in-pensioner n. at in- prefix1 1a(a)(i)(2).
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > payment in consideration of past service > pensioner
stipendiaryc1584
outpensioner1706
pensioner1721
letterman1724
in-pensioner1761
pensionnaire1897
old age pensioner1909
1706 London Gaz. No. 4228/3 Arrears due to the Out-Pensioners..belonging to Chelsea Hospital.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. i. 6 The out-pensioners of Chelsea college..consist of soldiers, who from their age, wounds, or other infirmities, are incapable of service in marching regiments.
1794 R. Cumberland Box-lobby Challenge iv. 46 She's only fit to be an Out-pensioner of Bedlam.
1816 T. J. Howell Stranger in Shrewsbury 121 The hospitallers and out-pensioners have also two twopenny loaves weekly.
1898 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 61 305 Of 1,157 out-pensioners there were 83 Irish.
1908 Amer. Hist. Rev. 13 744 The assistance of Pitt..in solving a relief for out-pensioners.
1967 A. L. Lloyd Folk Song in Eng. iv. 226 Hannah Snell was another bold Amazon... She became a Chelsea outpensioner.
1976 Jrnl. Interdisciplinary Hist. 6 559 The inmates of the small almshouse..rarely exceeded forty in number, with about the same number of outpensioners.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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