almoner
英 ['ɑːmənə; 'ælm-]
美['ɑmənɚ]
- n. 施赈人员；救济品分发员
英英释义
- 1. an official in a British hospital who looks after the social and material needs of the patients
英文词源
- almoner
- almoner: see alms
- almoner (n.)
- "official distributor of alms on behalf of another," c. 1300 (mid-13c. as a surname), from Old French almosnier (12c.; Modern French aumônerie), from Vulgar Latin *almosinarius, from Late Latin elemosinarius (adj.) "connected with alms," from eleemosyna "alms" (see alms).
词态变化
复数: almoners;