almoner : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: almoner	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for almoner
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
almoner n an official in a British hospital who looks after the social and material needs of the patients Synonym(s): almoner, medical social worker
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Almoner \Al"moner\, n. [OE. aumener, aulmener, OF. almosnier, aumosnier, F. aum[93]nier, fr. OF. almosne, alms, L. eleemosyna. See {Alms}.] 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.