Almoner

Definition: Almoner

Almoner

Noun

1. An official in a British hospital who looks after the social and material needs of the patients.

Date "almoner" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

Synonym: Almoner

Synonym: medical social worker (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Clergy	Churchwarden, sidesman; clerk, precentor, choir; almoner, suisse, verger, beadle, sexton, sacristan; acolyth, acolothyst, acolyte, altar boy; chorister.
Treasurer	Noun: treasurer; bursar, bursary; purser, purse bearer; cash keeper, banker; depositary; questor, receiver, steward, trustee, accountant, Accountant General, almoner, liquidator, paymaster, cashier, teller; cambist; money changer; (merchant).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Almoner

English words defined with "almoner": Almner, Almonership, Almonry ♦ Deodand ♦ Subalmoner. (references)

Specialty definitions using "almoner": John the Almoner ♦ Maunds ♦ Nepomuk. (references)

Etymologies containing "almoner": Almner. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Almoner at Anson's [LARGE PRINT] (reference) Nashford's New Almoner [LARGE PRINT] (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	The evening before the day fixed for the execution of the condemned, the almoner of the prison fell ill.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Almoner" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 81.82% of the time. "Almoner" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	81.82%	9	117,287
Noun (proper)	18.18%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	11	N/A

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Language		Translations for "almoner"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		aalmoesgewer, aalmoesenier (army, chaplain, padre). (various references)

Albanian		nëpunësi i komitetit social. (various references)

Arabic		‏موظف مكلف بتوزيع الصدقات, ‏وكيل الصدقات. (various references)

Dutch		armenverzorger (distributor of alms), aalmoezenier (army chaplain, chaplain, distributor of alms, padre). (various references)

Esperanto		malriĉulprizorgisto. (various references)

French		aumônier (distributor of alms), assistant social. (various references)

Greek		ελεοδότησ. (various references)

Hebrew		�'באי צ�"ק�". (various references)

Hungarian		alamizsnaosztó, alamizsnás, szociális gondozó (social worker). (various references)

Italian		assistente sociale (social case worker, social worker, welfare officer, welfare worker), assistente sanitario, elemosiniere. (various references)

Manx		jeirkeydagh (alms-giver). (various references)

Pig Latin		almoneray

Portuguese		esmoler (deacon). (various references)

Russian		раздающий милостыню. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		socijalni radnik u bolnici, delitelj. (various references)

Spanish		asistenta social (social case worker, social worker, welfare officer, welfare worker), limosnero. (various references)

Swedish		sjukhuskurator. (various references)

Turkish		yardım dağıtan görevli, sosyal görevli (case worker, caseworker, social worker, welfare worker). (various references)

Ukranian		роздавач милостині. (various references)

Vietnamese		người phát chẩn. (various references)

Welsh		elusennwr (benefactor). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	elemosinarius. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "almoner": almoners. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Almoner" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ajmone, Alcmene, Almendro, Almon, Almonte, aloner, amner, amonet, Amon-ra, aumonier, aymonieri, Ellmauer, Lymmener, Salmonier. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "almoner" (pronounced 'Al"mon*er'): Abaiser, Abandoner, Abaser, Abater, Abhorrer, Abider, Abjurer, Abolisher, Abridger, Absconder, Absenter, Absolver, Absorber, Abstainer, Abstracter, Abuser, Abutter, Acater, Acceder, Accelerometer, Accepter, Accipenser, Accipiter, Acclaimer, Accompanier, Accomplisher, Accorder, Accruer, Accumber, Accuser, Acetifier, Acetimeter, Acetometer, Achiever, Acidifier, Acidimeter, Acipenser, Acknowledger, Acoumeter, Acquirer, Acquitter, Acroter, Actinometer, Adducer, Adelaster, Adherer, Adjudger, Adjurer, Adjuster, Admeasurer. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-l-m-n-o-r"
	-1 letter: almner, enamor, loaner, merlon, moaner, morale, normal, reloan.
	-2 letters: alone, amole, anole, enorm, enrol, lamer, learn, leman, lemon, loner, loran, manor, melon, molar, morae, moral, morel, namer, nerol, ramen, realm, reman, renal, roman.
	-3 letters: aeon, aero, alme, aloe, amen, earl, earn, elan, enol, lame, lane, lean, lear, leno, loam, loan, lone, lore, lorn.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-l-m-n-o-r"
	+1 letter: almoners, amelcorn, cornmeal.
	+2 letters: almonries, amelcorns, angleworm, bromelain, cornmeals, ealdorman, ealdormen, embryonal, lampooner, lawnmower, marlstone, mestranol, monolayer, myoneural, normalise, normalize, patrolmen, prolamine, womanlier.
	+3 letters: alderwoman, alderwomen, angleworms, bromelains, camerlengo, carmagnole, ceremonial, chloramine, complainer, coromandel, eliminator, emblazoner, emblazonry, endodermal, entodermal, formalness, impersonal, intermodal, lampooners, lampoonery, lawnmowers, lemongrass, lobsterman, marlstones, meridional, mestranols, mineralogy, monetarily, monolayers, motherland, neorealism, nonthermal, normalcies, normalised, normalises, normalized, normalizer, normalizes, ornamental, overmantel, palindrome, pheromonal, prolamines, protonemal, rosemaling, tourmaline, trampoline, treponemal, watermelon.
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