(UK) Any of the retired British army officers now resident in Royal Hospital Chelsea, noted for their ceremonial scarlet coats and tricorne hats.
(UK) Any of the retired British army officers now resident in Royal Hospital Chelsea, noted for their ceremonial scarlet coats and tricorne hats.
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(UK, historical) A pensioner of the Royal Hospital for Seamen in Greenwich, London.
(chiefly, UK, Canada) Someone who lives on a pension, especially the retirement or old age pension.
(Britain) A person in receipt of an old age pension, a senior citizen.
(UK, military slang) A senior army officer.
(by extension) Someone who is at the age at which one typically receives a pension; an elderly person.