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infirmarian|ɪnfəˈmɛərɪən|
[f. infirmar-y + -ian.]
One who has charge of an infirmary and of the patients there, esp. in a monastic establishment or as a member of a religious order.
1669Woodhead St. Teresa ii. xvi. 114 In all her sickness..she did neither more nor less, but as the Infirmarian would have her. 1858Faber tr. Xavier's Life 47 He was their doctor, infirmarian, comforter, father, servant. 1871Pall Mall G. 15 Feb. 7 A small passage communicated with each carriage, so that the surgeon and infirmarians could go to and fro between the sick beds and the kitchen. |