department of health education and welfare

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   a former executive department of the United States government; created in 1953 and divided in 1979

   Broaderexecutive department

Questions about department of health education and welfare

What does department of health education and welfare mean?

department of health education and welfare means "a former executive department of the United States government; created in 1953 and divided in 1979".

Is department of health education and welfare a common word?

department of health education and welfare is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.