almsman
Origin of almsman
1usage note For almsman
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use almsman in a sentence
The trumpeters flourish their trumpets, the skinners and the almsmen shout for joy.
Miss Augustine, saintly sister, who tries to "turn the curse from Whiteladies, by her own prayers and those of her almsmen."
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1 | The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.In Scotland there were public almsmen supported by the king and expected in return to pray for his welfare and that of the state.
The contentment of these almsmen, if content they be, can give him no title to this wealth!
The Warden | Anthony TrollopeThat prince, who was fond of erecting convents, founded on the old site a hospital, intended to shelter one hundred poor almsmen.
Haunted London | Walter Thornbury
British Dictionary definitions for almsman
/ (ˈɑːmzmən) /
archaic a person who gives or receives alms
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse