almoner

Meaning

1. A person who distributes alms, especially the doles and alms of religious houses, almshouses.
2. A person who dispenses alms on behalf of another person.
3. (British) A hospital official responsible for patient welfare and aftercare.

Synonyms

medical social worker

chaplain

eleemosynary

Translations

aumônier

aalmoezenier

ελεήμων

elemosinarius

ελεοδότης

cappellano militare

elemosiniere

esmoler

limosnero

الإخصائيّ الاجتماعيّ

yardım dağıtan memur

Sozialarbeiter

Sozialhelfer

Sozialbetreuer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈæl.mə.nɚ/

Etymology

Inherited from Old English: aumener

In summary

From Middle English aumener, aulmener, from Old French almosnier, from almosne (“alms”), from Latin eleemosyna. See alms, Almosen.