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1. (n.) almoner
a person whose function or duty is the distribution of alms on behalf of an institution, a royal personage, etc.
2. almoner
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3. almoner
a social worker in a hospital.
Etymology: (1250–1300; < OF aumon(i)er&indirdesc; LL eleēmosynāriuseleemosynary)
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1. (noun) almoner, medical social worker
an official in a British hospital who looks after the social and material needs of the patients
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1. (noun) almoner
one who distributes alms, esp. the doles and alms of religious houses, almshouses, etc.; also, one who dispenses alms for another, as the almoner of a prince, bishop, etc
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