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polluter en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English pollute 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 polluter From pollute + -er.

Meanings

1. A subject that pollutes, be it a person, company, country, factory or another subject.
   • The Environmental Protection Agency said it gets stuck with the bills because it often can't locate polluters or they are out of business or bankrupt. 1993 June 21, “EPA getting stuck paying millions”, in The Argus-Press, Owosso, Michigan:
   • Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter. 2008 July 9, Robert Winnett, Urmee Khan, quoting George W. Bush, “President George Bush: 'Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter'”, in The Telegraph:
   • During the last session of Parliament a Rivers' Pollution Prevention Act was passed, after it had been carefully divested of most of the provisions which could make it objectionable to polluters. 1877, E. W. H. Holdsworth, Sea Fisheries, London: Edward Stanford, page 235:

Forms

Deriveds

polluter pays principle · self-polluter · antipolluter · nonpolluter

Translations (20)

cmn 污染者 (subject that pollutes) · de Umweltsünder (subject that pollutes) · mr प्रदूषक (subject that pollutes) · fr pollueuse (subject that pollutes) · pt poluidor (subject that pollutes) · it inquinatore (subject that pollutes) · es contaminador (subject that pollutes) · de Umweltverschmutzer (subject that pollutes) · sv förorenare (subject that pollutes) · cs znečišťovatel (subject that pollutes) · de Umweltverschmutzerin (subject that pollutes) · es contaminadora (subject that pollutes) · de Umweltsünderin (subject that pollutes) · mk загадувач (subject that pollutes) · ru загрязни́тель (subject that pollutes) · ja 汚染者 (subject that pollutes) · fr pollueur (subject that pollutes) · uk забру́днювач (subject that pollutes) · fi saastuttaja (subject that pollutes) · it inquinatrice (subject that pollutes)