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key worker

key worker is the alternative form of keyworker.

Meaning of keyworker

Noun

keyworker (plural keyworkers)

  1. (UK) A social worker who helps to coordinate a patient's care and their social welfare, finances, career, etc.
  2. (UK) A childcare worker who monitors a child's development and participation in activities and discusses these with the child's parents or carer.
  3. (UK) A worker in any industry who is considered indispensable and expected not to strike.

Forms of key worker

pluralkey workers

Questions about key worker

What is key worker the alternative form of?
Key worker is the alternative form of keyworker.

Words near key worker in the dictionary

  1. key visual
  2. key visuals
  3. Key West
  4. key word
  5. key words
  6. key worker
  7. key workers
  8. key wrench
  9. key wrenches
  10. key-bugle
  11. key-bugles

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