welfare worker
Americannoun
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welfare workers
plural
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A state child welfare worker took them into custody.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 2023
In “Welfare,” for example, you see situations where the welfare worker is being a bit impatient.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 29, 2018
The boy later repeated the story to a state child welfare worker.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2018
The company had its first full-time welfare worker in 1911 and the Boot family later developed one of the UK's first daylight factories.
From BBC ● May 24, 2017
The welfare worker laughed and looked over at a co-worker.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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