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hospitaler

Hos·pi·tal·er
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hos-pi-tl-er]
    • /ˈhɒs pɪ tl ər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hos-pi-tl-er]
    • /ˈhɒs pɪ tl ər/

Definitions of hospitaler word

  • noun hospitaler 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. 1
  • noun hospitaler (lowercase) a person, especially a member of a religious order, devoted to the care of the sick or needy in hospitals. 1
  • noun hospitaler a member of a religious military society (Knights of Malta) organized during the Middle Ages to care for the sick and needy 0

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Origin of hospitaler

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; hospital + -er1; replacing Middle English hospitalier < Middle French < Medieval Latin hospitālārius; see -ier2

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Parts of speech for Hospitaler

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

hospitaler popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

hospitaler usage trend in Literature

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