almsman
/ˈɑːmzmən/noun
1A man who receives or is dependent upon alms; a man who is supported by funds left to support the poor, especially one living in an almshouse; (also loosely) a beggar.
2A person who gives alms; a benefactor. Now rare.
Origin
Old English; earliest use found in Metrical Charm: For Unfruitful Land. From alms + man.
- nightness
- night night
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- night office
- night of the long knives
- night op
- night operation
- night owl
- night paddock
- night parrot
- night partridge
- night-piece
- night porter
- night post
- night-rail
- night-raven
- night-rest
- nightrider
- night-riding
- night-robe
- night-runner
- night safe
- nightscape
- night scene
- night-scented