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| | almoner | (แอล' มะเนอะ, อา' เมินเนอะ) n. เจ้าหน้าที่แจกของสงเคราะห์, นักสังคมสงเคราะห์ในโรงพยาบาล |
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| | almoner | (n) ผู้บริจาคทาน, นักสังคมสงเคราะห์ |
| | Almoner | n. [ OE. aumener, aulmener, OF. almosnier, aumosnier, F. aumônier, 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 ] | | Almonership | n. The office of an almoner. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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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) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
almoner
n 1: an official in a British hospital who looks after the
social and material needs of the patients [syn: {almoner},
{medical social worker}]
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