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almsfolk

almsfolk noun: persons supported by alms; almsmen.

Noun

almsfolk pl (plural only)

  1. (archaic, plural, plural-only) Persons supported by alms; almsmen.
    • And on the northside of the churchyard there, he founded a faire large almeshouse for an almose priest or schoolemaister, and thirteene poore almes folke1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC

Origin of almsfolk

From alms + folk.

Questions about almsfolk

What does almsfolk mean?
Almsfolk means persons supported by alms; almsmen.
What part of speech is almsfolk?
Almsfolk is a noun.

Words near almsfolk in the dictionary

  1. alms-houses
  2. almsdeed
  3. almsdeeds
  4. Almses
  5. almsfee
  6. almsfolk
  7. almsfolks
  8. almsful
  9. almsgiver
  10. almsgivers
  11. almsgiving

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