hospitaller

Hos·pi·tal·er

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [hos-pi-tl-er]
- /ˈhɒs pɪ tl ər/
- /ˈhɒ.spɪt.lə/

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

Definitions of hospitaller word

noun hospitaller 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 hospitaller (lowercase) a person, especially a member of a religious order, devoted to the care of the sick or needy in hospitals. 1
noun hospitaller A person who attends visitors in a religious institution. 1
noun hospitaller a person, esp a member of certain religious orders, dedicated to hospital work, ambulance services, etc 0
noun hospitaller a member of the order of the Knights Hospitallers 0
noun hospitaller A member of any of several religious orders that cared for the sick in hospitals. 0

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Origin of hospitaller

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 Hospitaller

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Hospitaller

hospitaller 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.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

hospitaller usage trend in Literature

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