povertician

povertician noun: someone who is paid to work with the poor, especially one who profits at the expense of the poor; A welfare worker.

Noun

povertician (plural poverticians)

(derogatory) Someone who is paid to work with the poor, especially one who profits at the expense of the poor; A welfare worker.
- One of the “bold” as well as costly programs on the war on poverty and one which is being extolled from the hustings by professional povertician Sargent Shriver, is the reincarnation of the depression-born C. C. C., the Youth Job Corps.1964 October 8, Donald I. Rogers, “Poverty War Youth Camps”, in The Gazette, Emporia, Kan., page 4
- “This all leads,” Rep. Hansen says, “to everyone getting the money, except the poor, who get warm words of hope and encouragement from the administration, advice from Sargent Shriver (OEO director), honorable mention in the press, and short shrift from the paid “poverticians’.”1965 September 21, “Let’s Clean It Up”, in The Idaho Daily Statesman, 102nd year, number 58, Boise, Ida., page four

Here is an example of a poverty stricken woman who had her hopes roused by this program, only to see the benefits directed toward the “povertician.”1966 September 21, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 89ᵗʰ Congress, Second Session, volume 112, part 17, Washington...
The poverty program did not attempt to increase the purchasing power of the poor, but instead to create a vast new establishment (poverticians) to deal with their problems.1967, The Minority of One, page 23:
The White House wants the War on Poverty, I guess it also wants the Poverticians for they’ll vote again next year.1967 November 17, “Toledano Covers Variety of Subjects: Speaker Says Missile Buildup on in Cuba”, in The Scranton Tribune, Scranton, Pa....
Check out the poverticians and movement hustlers hovering around, cutting up folk for the best position to receive the piddling chumpchange they say they are “robbing” and “fooling” the Man for.1969 November, S. E. Anderson, Negro Digest, volume XIX, page 6:

plural	poverticians

What does povertician mean?: Povertician means someone who is paid to work with the poor, especially one who profits at the expense of the poor; A welfare worker.
How do you use povertician in a sentence?: Here is an example of a poverty stricken woman who had her hopes roused by this program, only to see the benefits directed toward the “povertician.”
What part of speech is povertician?: Povertician is a noun.
What is the plural of povertician?: The plural of povertician is poverticians.

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