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Definition: HOSPITALER

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. One residing in a hospital, for the purpose of receiving the poor, the sick, and strangers.[Websters]
2. One of an order of knights who built a hospital at Jerusalem for pilgrims, A. D. 1042. They were called Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, and after the removal of the order to Malta, Knights of Malta.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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"Hospitaler" is a common misspelling or typo for: hospitaller.

Date "Hospitaler" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Note: Hospitaler \Hos"pi*tal*er\, noun. [Written also hospitaller.]. (references)

Definition: HOSPITALER

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. One residing in a hospital, for the purpose of receiving the poor, the sick, and strangers.[Websters]
2. One of an order of knights who built a hospital at Jerusalem for pilgrims, A. D. 1042. They were called Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, and after the removal of the order to Malta, Knights of Malta.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "HOSPITALER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Note: Hospitaler \Hos"pi*tal*er\, noun. [Written also hospitaller.]. (references)