n. 1 Brit. a social worker attached to a hospital and seeing to the after-care of patients. °Now usu. called medical social worker. 2 hist. an official distributor of alms.
[ ME f. AF aumoner, OF aumonier, ult. f. med.L eleemosynarius (as ALMS) ]
ALMONER
Meaning of ALMONER in English
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012