Definition of "almoner" []

• One who distributes alms. (noun)
• Chiefly British A hospital social worker. (noun)

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• "Since the almoner must obtain the funds or goods he distributes from the producers, he has no authority to command; he must ask."
• "But now, according to her almoner, preparations for her death have increasingly occupied her thoughts, so I believe she is reconciled to it."
• "Anne stared at the almoner though could not focus on his face."