Hospitaler

Hospitaler
/hos"pi tl euhr/, n.
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. (l.c.) a person, esp. a member of a religious order, devoted to the care of the sick or needy in hospitals.
[1350-1400; HOSPITAL + -ER1; r. ME hospitalier < MF < ML hospitalarius; see -IER2]

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