ˈout-ˌpensioner
[out- 2.]
A non-resident pensioner; opposed to in-pensioner.
| 1706 Lond. Gaz. No. 4228/3 Arrears due to the Out-Pensioners..belonging to Chelsea Hospital. 1748 Anson's Voy. i. i. 6 The out-pensioners of Chelsea college..consist of soldiers, who from their age, wounds, or other infirmities, are incapable of serving in marching regiments. 1849 Macaulay Hist. Eng. iii. I. 307 It was no part of the plan that there should be outpensioners. |