pollutern.
/pəˈl(j)uːtə/, U.S. /pəˈludər/ 1.
a. A person who pollutes or defiles another person or thing, (now) esp. a person who or organization which causes pollution of the environment.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [noun] > one who pollutes or defiles
polluter1551
bumfiddler1611
berayer1699
befouler1842
society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > [noun] > polluting or defiling > one who
defouler14..
defiler1551
polluter1551
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > environmental pollution > [noun] > one who
polluter1970
1551 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 2nd Pt. f. lxv A defyler of relygyon and polluter of their holye ceremonyes.
a1665 J. Goodwin Πλήρωμα τὸ Πνευματικόv (1670) ix. 255 Purged and rid of such Polluters and Prophaners of their dignity.
1744 ‘Fantosme’ Mem. Nobility Thule II. 129 He had no Redress but by an Application to a judicial Court to get rid of this Despoiler of his Rest, and Polluter of his Bed.
1823 Examiner 706/2 The polluter, not the purifier, of his fellow creatures.
1865 Times 9 Mar. 6/2 With regard to the Thames, Richmond..was one of the greatest polluters of the river.
1931 W. Faulkner Sanctuary xvii. 151 A polluter of the free Democratico-Protestant atmosphere of Yoknapatawpha county.
1970 New Society 5 Feb. 209/2 The polluters often have a strong commercial lobby on their side, while the anti~polluters must rely on voluntary effort.
1994 Sunday Times 6 Mar. i. 1/1 Water companies have become Britain's biggest polluters.
b. polluter pays: the principle by which whoever is responsible for an occurrence of environmental pollution is expected to bear the cost of mitigating the effects; also in polluter pays principle.
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1972 Times 29 Mar. 7/3 The document adopts the much debated principle of ‘the polluter pays’.
1975 Chem. Week (Nexis) 22 Oct. 67 The bureau's record is impressive: detailed, compulsory quality standards for drinking water; adoption of the ‘polluter pays’ principle for dealing with environmental cleanup; [etc.].
1998 Chartered Surveyor Monthly May 40/1 The landfill tax also complements the government's environmental principles of sustainability and ‘polluter pays’.
2. A pollutant.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > [noun] > loud sound or noise > as pollution
noise pollution1970
polluter1975
1975 Physics Bull. Mar. 100/3 Noise is now acknowledged as a major polluter of the environment.
1990 F. B. Cross Legal Responses to Indoor Air Pollution Pref. p. x Sidestream smoke from cigarettes is a major polluter of indoor environments.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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