SOCIAL WORKER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged)

Synonyms:

caseworker; social worker; welfare worker

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("social worker" is a kind of...):

public servant (someone who holds a government position (either by election or appointment))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "social worker"):

almoner; medical social worker (an official in a British hospital who looks after the social and material needs of the patients)

Credits