almsperson means A person who receives charitable assistance, especially at an almshouse. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 100 out of 100.
Etymology
From alms + person.
noun
- A person who receives charitable assistance, especially at an almshouse.“Whiles we not only relieve them, but instruct them, as Bishop Hooper did his board of beggars, as Dʳ Tailour the Martyr did the Alms-people of Hadley, and other poor of his Parish.”