sanitarian

[ san-i-tair-ee-uhn ]

adjective
  1. sanitary; clean and wholesome.

noun
  1. a specialist in public sanitation and health.

Origin of sanitarian

1
First recorded in 1855–60; sanitary + -an

Words Nearby sanitarian

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How to use sanitarian in a sentence

  • Hygiene will attract the sanitarian, the nurse, the hotel manager, trousered or petticoated.

    The Women of Tomorrow | William Hard
  • The article on water supply by Mr. Gerhard is authoritative, written, as it is, by a most eminent sanitarian.

  • A bureau of experts—architect, sanitarian, teacher—whose approval must be obtained before any school building can be erected.

    Civics and Health | William H. Allen
  • A well-known sanitarian, especially in respect to the disposal of the dead.

    Noteworthy Families (Modern Science) | Francis Galton and Edgar Schuster
  • There might have been found a sanitarian and physician who would free the island of pestilence.

    The History of Cuba, vol. 4 | Willis Fletcher Johnson

British Dictionary definitions for sanitarian

sanitarian

/ (ˌsænɪˈtɛərɪən) /


adjective
  1. of or relating to sanitation

noun
  1. a sanitation expert

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