streetworker means A social worker who engages with people on the street. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.
Etymology
From street + worker.
noun
- A social worker who engages with people on the street.“They are streetworkers, gang outreach specialists employed by the city of Boston. There are about two dozen of them.”
- A prostitute (who works on the street).“Thus for many streetworkers, the cost of refusing client's demands is greater, and their power to resist the requests of the client, including a possible desire for high risk sex, is substantially reduced.”