One who is supported by an allowance at the will of another; a dependent. It is usually applied (in a public sense) to those who receive pensions or annuities from government, who are chiefly such as have retired from places of honor and emolument. Jacob. Persons making periodical payments are sometimes so called. Thus, resident undergraduates of the university of Cambridge, wrho are not on the foundation of any coir lege, are spoken of as “pensioners.” Mozley A Whitley.