almsfolk

See also: alms-folk

English

Etymology

alms +‎ folk

Noun

almsfolk pl (plural only)

  1. (archaic) Persons supported by alms; almsmen.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for almsfolk in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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