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Definitions for Almoner
[1] a person whose function or duty is the distribution of alms on behalf of an institution, a royal personage, a monastery, etc.
[2] British . a hospital official who determines the amount due for a patient's treatment. a social worker in a hospital.
[3] British obsolete a trained hospital social worker responsible for the welfare of patients
[4] (formerly) a person who distributes alms or charity on behalf of a household or institution
Words nearby Almoner
almond meal, almond milk, almond oil, almond-eyed, almond-shaped, almoner, almoner's cupboard, almonry, almoravid, almoravide, almost
Origin of Almoner
1250–1300; Middle English almoiner, aumoner (with insertion of l under influence of alms) < Old French aumon(i)er ≪ Late Latin eleēmosynārius eleemosynary
Other words from Almoner
sub·al·mon·er , noun
Word origin for Almoner
C13: from Old French almosnier, from almosne alms, from Vulgar Latin alemosina (unattested), from Late Latin eleēmosyna; see alms