polluter

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English

Etymology

From pollute +‎ -er.

Noun

polluter (plural polluters)

  1. A subject that pollutes, be it a person, company, country, factory or another subject.
    • 1877, E. W. H. Holdsworth, Sea Fisheries, London: Edward Stanford, page 235:
      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.
    • 1993 June 21, “EPA getting stuck paying millions”, in The Argus-Press, Owosso, Michigan:
      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.
    • 2008 July 9, Robert Winnett, Urmee Khan, quoting George W. Bush, “President George Bush: 'Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter'”, in The Telegraph:
      Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter.

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