adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

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

Adjective

1. 1
   Of or pertaining to health, or the laws of health; sanitary. not-comparable

Etymology

From sanitary + -an.

Related phrases

public health

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