social worker
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.39 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person, usually employed by the state, that supports the welfare of individuals or groups, especially those that are socially disadvantaged.
Example Sentences
- "I had a visit from my social worker last week."
- "These are but a few instances of the benefits conferred by him as a social worker; but until these can be fully recorded, let us bear in mind as no small part of the debt we owe to the truly noble man[…]"
- "Mr. J. W. Martin of London, England, will deliver a series of lectures in St. Louls this week. Mr. Martin is a member of the famous Fabian Society of London, and an educator and social worker of note in his own country."
- "Professor Virchow, as chairman of the commemoration committee, opened the proceedings in a speech in which he recalled the services which Herr Schulze had rendered Germany as a social worker and as a politician."
- "There canʼt have been many social workers at that troubled time who heard an expression of gratitude."