🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

travailleur humanitaire

Pronunciation / Transliteration: travailleur humanitaire

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Aid-Worker/ˈeɪd ˈwɜːrkər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Le travailleur humanitaire a aidé les victimes de la catastrophe."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who provides assistance, typically in humanitarian or development contexts, often in areas affected by conflict or disaster.

    "The aid-worker traveled to the disaster zone to provide medical assistance."
  2. 2

    An individual employed by a non-governmental organization (NGO) or international agency to deliver services or support to communities in need.

    "As an aid-worker, she coordinated relief efforts for displaced families."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'aid-worker' combines 'aid', derived from the Old French 'aidier' meaning 'to help', and 'worker', which comes from the Old English 'weorc', meaning 'activity involving mental or physical effort'. The term has evolved to specifically refer to individuals who provide assistance in humanitarian contexts, particularly in crisis situations.

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