2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Almoner \Al"mon*er\ ([a^]l"m[u^]n*[~e]r), n. [OE. aumener, aulmener, OF. almosnier, aumosnier, F. aum[^o]nier, fr. OF. almosne, alms, L. eleemosyna. See {Alms}.] 1. One who distributes alms, esp. the doles and alms of religious houses, almshouses, etc.; also, one who dispenses alms for another, as the almoner of a prince, bishop, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. A social worker in a hospital. [Chiefly Brit.] [PJC] 3. An official in a hospital whose job it is to calculate how much a patient must pay for treatment. [Chiefly Brit.] [PJC] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: almoner n : an official in a British hospital who looks after the social and material needs of the patients [syn: {medical social worker}]
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