WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
case•work•er
(kās′wûr′kər),USA pronunciation n.
- Sociologya person who does casework.
- Sociologyan investigator, esp. of a social agency, who aids disadvantaged individuals or families chiefly by analysis of their problems and through personal counseling.
- case1 + worker 1930–35