/al"meuh neuhr, ah"meuh-/ , n.
1. a person whose function or duty is the distribution of alms on behalf of an institution, a royal personage, a monastery, etc.
2. Brit.
a. a hospital official who determines the amount due for a patient's treatment.
b. a social worker in a hospital.
[ 1250-1300; ME almoiner, aumoner (with insertion of l under influence of ALMS) aumon ( i ) er eleemosynarius ELEEMOSYNARY ]