| See under Hospitaler (def. 1). |
[hos-pi-tl-er] 
| 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. |