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exploiter en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

Etymology tree English exploit Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English exploiter From exploit + -er.

Meanings

1. One who exploits.
   • And then came others, possessing weaponry and a sophisticated support before which tribes in dense jungles had no recourse: European concessionaires and feckless traders, brutish exploiters and enslavers. 2009 March 30, Edward Rothstein, “Casting a Sliver of Light on the Heart of Darkness”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 27 Jul 2020:

Forms

Deriveds

sexploiter

Synonyms

bloodsucker

Translations (32)

pl wyzyskiwaczka (one who exploits) · ca explotadora (one who exploits) · nl exploitant (one who exploits) · ru эксплуата́торша (one who exploits) · pt aproveitador (one who exploits) · ca explotador (one who exploits) · eo ekspluatanto (one who exploits) · pt exploradora (one who exploits) · ro exploatator (one who exploits) · de Ausbeuter (one who exploits) · cmn 剝削者 /剥削者 (one who exploits) · it sfruttatore (one who exploits) · fi riistäjä (one who exploits) · fi hyväksikäyttäjä (one who exploits) · fr exploiteuse (one who exploits) · nl uitbuiter (one who exploits) · sw mnyonyaji (one who exploits) · hu kizsákmányoló (one who exploits) · cs vykořisťovatel (one who exploits) · de Ausbeuterin (one who exploits) · es explotador (one who exploits) · pl wyzyskiwacz (one who exploits) · gl explotadora (one who exploits) · gl explotador (one who exploits) · es explotadora (one who exploits) · fr exploiteur (one who exploits) · ja 搾取者 (one who exploits) · ro exploatatoare (one who exploits) · ru эксплуата́тор (one who exploits) · ga brabúsaí (one who exploits) · it sfruttatrice (one who exploits) · pt explorador (one who exploits)

exploiter en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

Irregular adoption of French exploiter.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To make use of (something).
   • Not only must she receive unheard-of personal favors and spiritual graces from her Saviour, but she must immediately write about them and exploiter them professionally, and use her expertness to give instruction to those less privileged. 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 347:

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