exploiter

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔɪtə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

exploit + -er

Noun

exploiter (plural exploiters)

  1. One who exploits.
Translations

Etymology 2

Irregular adoption of French exploiter.

Verb

exploiter (third-person singular simple present exploiters, present participle exploitering, simple past and past participle exploitered)

  1. to make use of.
    • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 296:
      Not only must she receive unheard-of personal favours [...], but she must immediately write about them and exploiter them professionally.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *explicitāre, a frequentative form of explicāre, explicō. Doublet of expliciter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛk.splwa.te/
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Verb

exploiter

  1. (transitive) to exploit

Conjugation

Further reading

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