almoner:
(plural: ‘almoners‘)
the almoner of the Rotary Club of Melton Valley
A) {old usage} a religious person related to the Christian church whose responsibilities include giving away alms to the poor people (‘alms’ = money and other things given to poor people);
B) an official at the court of the Queen who looks after the charity (giving away money and other things to the poor) programmes of the royalty;
a modern day almoner (a medical social worker) (L) with one of her patients (R)
C) {old usage} ['hospital social worker'] a qualified medical person of a hospital who looks after the material and other non-medical (social) needs of the patients of that hospital, the present name being ‘medical social worker’
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