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sanitarian

UK/ˌsæn.ɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/US/ˌsæ.nɪˈtɛɹi.ən/

sanitarian adjective: of or pertaining to health, or the laws of health; sanitary.

Adjective

sanitarian (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to health, or the laws of health; sanitary.

Noun

sanitarian (plural sanitarians)

  1. (US) A public health or sanitation worker.
  2. (historical) A person who promoted sanitary reforms.

sanitarian meaning in Tamil and Bengali

sanitarian in Tamil

நல வாழ்வகம், நலந்தரும் அகம்

sanitarian in Bengali

স্বাস্থ্য, স্বাস্থ্যের নিয়মাবলি সম্পর্কিত, স্বাস্থ্যবিধি সংক্রান্ত, একজন জনস্বাস্থ্য, পরিচ্ছন্নতা কর্মী

Forms of sanitarian

pluralsanitarians

Origin of sanitarian

From sanitary + -an.

Words formed from sanitarian

Words that rhyme with sanitarian

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Questions about sanitarian

What does sanitarian mean?
Sanitarian means of or pertaining to health, or the laws of health; sanitary.
What is sanitarian in Tamil?
Sanitarian in Tamil is நல வாழ்வகம், நலந்தரும் அகம். See Sanitarian meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sanitarian?
Sanitarian can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce sanitarian?
Sanitarian is pronounced /ˌsæn.ɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/ (UK).

Words near sanitarian in the dictionary

  1. Sanislău
  2. sanism
  3. sanist
  4. sanit
  5. sanitaria
  6. sanitarian
  7. sanitarianism
  8. sanitarians
  9. sanitaries
  10. sanitarily
  11. sanitariness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sanitarian (page history and authors); sanitarian (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sanitarian (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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