Hospitaler
Pronunciation : Hos"pi*tal*er
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. hospitalier. See Hospital, and cf. Hostler.]
Definition : 1. One residing in a hospital, for the purpose of receiving the poor, the sick, and strangers.
2. One of an order of knights who built a hospital at Jerusalem for pilgrims, A. D. 1042. They were called Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, and after the removal of the order to Malta, Knights of Malta.
[Written also hospitaller.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913