public charge
now chiefly US
noun
A thing which is the responsibility of the State; a person who is dependent upon the State for care or support.
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in William Petty (1623–1687), natural philosopher and administrator in Ireland.
- electromotive
- electromotive force
- electromotively
- electromotive series
- electromotivity
- electromotograph
- electromotor
- electro-muscular
- electro-musical
- electromyogram
- electromyograph
- electromyographic
- electromyographically
- electromyography
- electron
- electron acceptor
- electron affinity
- electronarcosis
- electronarcotic
- electron beam
- electron camera
- electron cloud
- electron-deficient
- electron-dense
- electron density