English Explanatory Dictionary

hospitaller

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who attends visitors in a religious institution.
  2. A member of any of several religious orders that cared for the sick in hospitals.

Word forms

hospitaller hospitallers hospitaler

Etymology

From Middle English hospiteler, from Middle French hospitalier; equivalent to hospital + -er. Piecewise doublet of hosteller.

Derived words

Knight Hospitaller Grand Hospitaller Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God
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