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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: someone whose income is from property rents or bond interest and other investments

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French, from Old French, from rente Date: circa 1847 a person who lives on income from property or securities

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a person living on dividends from property, investments, etc. Etymology: F f. rente dividend

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rentier Ren`tier" (r?N`ty?"), n. [F. See 5th Rent.] One who has a fixed income, as from lands, stocks, or the like.