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Hos⋅pi⋅tal⋅er

  [hos-pi-tl-er]
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–noun
1. a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
2. (lowercase) a person, esp. a member of a religious order, devoted to the care of the sick or needy in hospitals.
Also, Hos⋅pi⋅tal⋅ler.

Origin:
1350–1400; hospital + -er 1 ; r. ME hospitalier < MF < ML hospitālārius; see -ier 2
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Hos·pi·tal·er also Hos·pi·tal·ler   (hŏs'pĭt'l-ər)   
n.  

  1. A member of a military religious order founded among European crusaders in 12th-century Jerusalem to care for sick and needy pilgrims.

  2. A member of any of several religious orders dedicated to the care of sick or needy persons.


[Middle English Hospiteler, from Old French hospitalier, from Medieval Latin hospitālārius, giver of hospitality, from hospitāle, hospice; see hospital.]
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