"youth worker" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: youth workers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} youth worker (plural youth workers)
  1. (UK, Australia) A person who works with youngsters, to promote informal education. Tags: Australia, UK Categories (topical): Occupations, People Related terms: youth work Translations (one who works with youngsters): nuorisotyöntekijä (Finnish), nuoriso-ohjaaja (Finnish), ungdomsledare [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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