federal annuitant

noun [C] GOVERNMENT

Definition

› a past or present employee of the US government who receives a pension from them: Retired federal annuitants may be rehired by government for critical positions.

(Definition of federal annuitant noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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