sanitarian
noun
san·i·tar·i·an
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Definition of sanitarian
: a specialist in sanitary science and public health
milk sanitarian
Examples of sanitarian in a Sentence
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On Monday, an environmental sanitarian from the Connecticut Department of Public Health’s asbestos program visited the site to approve inspection reports of a handful of buildings. — Slade Rand, courant.com, "Redevelopment project at New Westbrook Village in Hartford begins," 10 June 2019 Letta, who retires July 6, has been with that department for 44 years, first as a sanitarian and then as administrator. — Amy Lavalley, Post-Tribune, "Porter County reports construction cost savings," 20 June 2018 The savings will go toward compensation adjustments for the inspections supervisor and city engineer due to their increased supervisory responsibilities regarding licensing/sanitarian functions, the memo states. — Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Oak Creek restructures health department, decides not to merge it with South Milwaukee," 12 Sep. 2017 The plan includes an inter-agency agreement moving the establishment licensing/sanitarian function, which regulates retail food, restaurants, etc. — Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Oak Creek restructures health department, decides not to merge it with South Milwaukee," 12 Sep. 2017 The problems started in Cincinnati years prior, moved up to Columbus and then eventually hit Cleveland, said Tom Barsa, a sanitarian with the board. — Emily Bamforth, cleveland.com, "Cleveland ranks as top city for bedbugs: Here's why," 24 Aug. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sanitarian.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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