† ˈalmoseir, almousser, almaser Sc. Obs.
[f. almous, almos + -er1.]
= almoner1 1.
| 1501 Douglas Pal. Hon. iii. 542 (1874) I. 68 Pietie is the kingis almoseir. c 1501 Dunbar Dance 15 (1860) 165 Then cam in the maister almaser. 1581 Acts Jas. VI (1814) 236 His hienes preceptor and maister almousser. |