- a person who receives or lives on a pension.
- a person who works only for pay without regard to the value of the work; a hireling.
- a student at Cambridge University who pays the cost to dine in the commons and other expenses, and is not supported by any foundation.
- a gentleman-at-arms.
- a person who is receiving a pension, esp an old-age pension from the state
- a person dependent on the pay or bounty of another
- obsolete, British another name for gentleman-at-arms
