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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A public health or sanitation expert.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A promoter of, or one versed in, sanitary measures or reforms.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Of or pertaining to health, or the laws of health; sanitary.
  2. n. US a public health or sanitation worker

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Of or pertaining to health, or the laws of health; sanitary.
  2. n. An advocate of sanitary measures; one especially interested or versed in sanitary measures.

Etymologies

  1. sanitary +‎ -an (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “I became a teetotaler and "sanitarian" [1] and began at once to reap the benefits.”

    America, through the spectacles of an Oriental diplomat

  • “Romero's introduction to the National Park Service came through his first job as a public health sanitarian at Gateway National Recreation Area in the New York metropolitan area.”

    The Washington Post: Alex Romero: A steward for national parks in the D.C., Maryland region

  • “The orientation -- which includes training on how to accommodate the disabled, a visit from a fire inspector and a discussion of lead safety with a Health Department sanitarian -- is the first step in a months-long process few applicants will have the money, time or wherewithal to complete.”

    The Washington Post: D.C. day-care licensing criticized

  • “Although Charles was preeminent as a sanitarian, he became equally famous as a consulting industrial chemist, a lucrative complement to his academic income.”

    Chandler, Charles F.

  • “It is not a camping ground and the sanitarian facilities are spars but existing, the next convenient store rather far away but if you don't mind that bring your tent for a night, food and drinks and have a good time.”

    Archive 2008-04-01

  • “From Newsday:After a thorough investigation, DOI found a disturbing lack of diligence on the part of the public health sanitarian who inspected the restaurant as well as a breakdown in the supervision of the inspector, DOI Commissioner Rose Gill Hearn said.”

    New York City Health Department Takes Blame For Rat Fiasco - The Consumerist

  • “There has been a tradition of asserting that Nightingale was already a sanitarian when she arrived at Scutari but no evidence has ever been presented for this.”

    Florence Nightingale: An Exchange

  • “To assume that every intelligent person was a sanitarian in 1854 is to trivialize the challenge that Nightingale and her supporters faced after the war.”

    Florence Nightingale: An Exchange

  • “It is interesting to compare Nightingale with her relative and contemporary Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon, who published a sanitarian tract as early as 1848, having been exposed to more unconventional thinkers than Nightingale including Southwood Smith, a family friend who was a close associate of Chadwick.”

    Florence Nightingale: An Exchange

  • “I did not assume that Nightingale was a sanitarian before 1854, and I thought Mr. Small's arguments were sound and convincing.”

    Florence Nightingale: An Exchange

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