social worker
social worker noun: a person, usually employed by the state, that supports the welfare of individuals or groups, especially those that are socially disadvantaged.
Noun
social worker (plural social workers)
- A person, usually employed by the state, that supports the welfare of individuals or groups, especially those that are socially disadvantaged.
- 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[…]1887 January 14, “To the Editor of 'The Times'”, in The Times (Letters section), number 31969, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6
social worker meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Arabic
social worker in Tamil
- சமுதாயத் தொண்டர், சமுதாயப் பணியாளர், சமூகப்பணியாளர்
social worker in Malayalam
- person whose profession is social work
- സാമൂഹിക പ്രവർത്തകൻ sāmūhika pravaṟttakaṉ
social worker in Kannada
- ಸಮಾಜ ಸೇವಕ, ಸಮಾಜ ಸೇವಾಕರ್ತ
social worker in Arabic
- person whose profession is social work
- أَخِصَّائِيّ اِجْتِمَاعِيّ ʔaḵiṣṣāʔiyy ijtimāʕiyy
More languagesFewer languages
- social worker in Persian
- مددکار madadkâr
Examples of social worker in a sentence
- Martin is a member of the famous Fabian Society of London, and an educator and social worker of note in his own country.1899 March 5, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, volume 50, number 202, St. Louis, Missouri, →OCLC, Mr. Martin of London Here: He Will Deliver a...
- There canʼt have been many social workers at that troubled time who heard an expression of gratitude.2005, Jennifer Worth, Shadows of the Workhouse, Weidenfeld & Nicholson (2009), page 274:
Forms of social worker
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Questions about social worker
- What does social worker mean?
- Social worker means a person, usually employed by the state, that supports the welfare of individuals or groups, especially those that are socially disadvantaged.
- What is social worker in Tamil?
- Social worker in Tamil is சமுதாயத் தொண்டர், சமுதாயப் பணியாளர், சமூகப்பணியாளர். See Social worker meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use social worker in a sentence?
- Martin is a member of the famous Fabian Society of London, and an educator and social worker of note in his own country.
- What part of speech is social worker?
- Social worker is a noun.
- What is the plural of social worker?
- The plural of social worker is social workers.
Words near social worker in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: social worker (page history and authors); social worker (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); social worker (Kannada 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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