almsfolk

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noun

Persons supported by alms; almsmen.

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Meanings

nounalmsfolk pl (plural only)
  1. archaicpluralplural onlyPersons supported by alms; almsmen.

    And on the northside of the churchyard there, he founded a faire large almeshouse for an almose priest or schoolemaister, and thirteene poore almes folke

    1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

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almsfolks

Origin

From alms + folk.

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almsfolk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/almsfolk

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