settlement worker


noun
  1. a person who works with underprivileged people in a settlement house.

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How to use settlement worker in a sentence

  • Some thought of him as merely a sort of social settlement-worker, living among men to improve them, in a sleek, earnest spirit.

    The Crow's Nest | Clarence Day, Jr.
  • I have known a settlement worker to experience great relief from asthma when living in the slums.

    Psychotherapy | James J. Walsh
  • I believe Rebbie is going to be a philanthropist, or a college-settlement worker.

  • Milly noticed that Hazel Fredericks and the settlement worker kept their heads lowered disapprovingly.

    One Woman's Life | Robert Herrick
  • I'll be an actress, or a settlement-worker, or a suffragette—I don't care what.

    The Templeton Teapot | Grace Cooke Strong