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Definition of Almner
1. n. An almoner.
Definition of Almner
1. Noun. (obsolete spelling of almoner) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Almner
1. almoner [n -S] - See also: almoner
Lexicographical Neighbors of Almner
Literary usage of Almner
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life-records of Chaucer by Richard Edward Gent Kirk, Edward Augustus Bond, Frederick James Furnivall, Walter Rye, Walford Dakin Selby, Francis Tate (1875)
"And if ani do, the chief almner shal shew it at the account before the ...
the almner shal give him away, for godes sake. And this shalbe observed as many ..."
2. Dictionary of Hard Words by Robert Morris Pierce (1910)
"... almner я. 'a:m-naz. same meaning as almoner. almond n. ... almoner я.
dispenser of alms [synonymous cognate almner] ..."
3. Diccionario español e ingles: Conteniente la significacion y uso de las by Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti (1786)
"A garden of almond trees , f. almen- dr.il. ALMONER ( or almner ) f. ... ALMONRY (
or almner ) f. el lugar adonde fe ..."
4. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"... i almner, or one that gives alms ; ' Blount's Gloss, ed. 1674. Also ;ed as an
adj. ; Glanvill, Vanity of Dogmatizing, c. ..."
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