hospitaller

English

Alternative forms

• hospitaler

Etymology

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

Noun

hospitaller (plural hospitallers)

1. A person who attends visitors in a religious institution.
   • 1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “II. The Suppliant Maidens”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 39:

     […] if the celestial gods do not harken to our cry, we will perish by the noose and fare to the god of the nether world, the great hospitaller of the dead […]

2. A member of any of several religious orders that cared for the sick in hospitals.

Derived terms

• Knight Hospitaller
• Grand Hospitaller
• Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God

Translations

person who attends visitors in a religious institution

member of any of several religious orders that cared for the sick in hospitals

• Armenian: հիվանդախնամ (hy) (hivandaxnam)
• Russian: госпиталье́р (ru) (gospitalʹjér)