A pensioner is a person who receives a pension, most commonly because of retirement from the workforce.[1] This is a term typically used in the United Kingdom (along with OAP, initialism of old-age pensioner), Ireland and Australia where someone of pensionable age may also be referred to as an 'old age pensioner'. In the United States, the term retiree is more common, and in New Zealand, the term superannuitant is commonly used. In many countries, increasing life expectancy has led to an expansion of the numbers of pensioners, and they are a growing political force.
A political pensioner is a member of a formerly ruling dynasty who is paid a 'pension' (e.g. by the British raj) as a partial compensation for the income lost by not exercising an ancestral claim to a native throne.
A Chelsea Pensioner is a retired British soldier who lives within the Royal Hospital.
In the Thoroughbredbreeding industry, a pensioner is a stallion that has been retired from stud duty due to declining fertility (usually related to age).
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