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almner

almner is the obsolete spelling of almoner.

Meaning of almoner

Noun

almoner (plural almoners)

  1. A person who distributes alms, especially the doles and alms of religious houses, almshouses.
  2. A person who dispenses alms on behalf of another person.
    • the almoner of a prince or bishop
  3. A purse or pouch
  4. (UK) A hospital official responsible for patient welfare and aftercare.

Forms of almner

pluralalmners

Questions about almner

What is almner the obsolete spelling of?
Almner is the obsolete spelling of almoner.

Words near almner in the dictionary

  1. almirahs
  2. Almirante Trail toad
  3. almiras
  4. Almiros
  5. almitrine
  6. almner
  7. almners
  8. Almodovar
  9. Almodovarian
  10. Almodovars
  11. almodrote

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Adapted from Wiktionary: almner (page history and authors); almoner (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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