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settlement house


settlement house

noun

Definition of SETTLEMENT HOUSE

: an institution providing various community services especially to large city populations
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First Known Use of SETTLEMENT HOUSE

1907

Rhymes with SETTLEMENT HOUSE

bring down the house, garrison house, tenement house

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