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.
All below them [the peers] even their children, were
commoners, and in the eye of the law equal to each
other. --Hallam.
2. A member of the House of Commons.
3. One who has a joint right in common ground.
Much good land might be gained from forests . . .
and from other commonable places, so as always there
be a due care taken that the poor commoners have no
injury. --Bacon.
4. One sharing with another in anything. [Obs.] --Fuller.
5. A student in the university of Oxford, Eng., who is not
dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all
university charges; - - at Cambridge called a {pensioner}.
6. A prostitute. [Obs.] --Shak.