HyperDic: department_of_health_education_and_welfare

English > 1 sense of the expression *Department of Health Education and Welfare*:
NOUN	group	Department of Health Education and Welfare	a former executive department of the United States government

English > *Department of Health Education and Welfare*: 1 sense > noun 1, group
Meaning	A former executive department of the United States government; created in 1953 and divided in 1979.
Broader	executive department	A federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States