pensionado
Definition of pensionado
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: a Philippine student whose expenses are paid by the government while he studies aboard
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Origin and Etymology of pensionado
Philippine Spanish, from Spanish, pensioned, from past participle of pensionar to pension, from pensión pension, from Latin pension-, pensio payment
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