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81whistle-blower — whistle blowing, n. /hwis euhl bloh euhr, wis /, n. a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing. Also, whistle blower. [1965 70] * * * …
82Peter Blower — Pieter Blower était un négociant néerlandais anglophone venu du Brésil, avec ses secrets de fabrication, pour implanter en 1637 sur l île de la Barbade la culture et la transformation de la canne à sucre. Il fut suivi par nombre de compatriotes… …
83whistle-blower — UK US (also whistleblower) noun [C] WORKPLACE ► a person who works for a company or organization that tells an authority about something illegal happening within the company or organization: »Within many organisations a whistleblower is… …
84whistle-blower — whistle .blower n someone who tells people in authority or the public about dishonest or illegal practices at the place where they work >whistle blowing n [U] …
85whistle-blower — whistle ,blower noun count someone who reports dishonest or illegal activities within an organization to someone in authority …
86the blower — n British a telephone. A slang term which was common by the 1940s and is still heard. It may originate in blow as an archaic term meaning to talk , or from the habit of blowing into an old tele phone mouthpiece before speaking. Get Nelson on the… …
87whistle-blower — whistle blowers also whistleblower N COUNT A whistle blower is someone who finds out that the organization they are working for is doing something immoral or illegal and tells the authorities or the public about it. [JOURNALISM] He has been a… …
88cabin blower — A mechanically driven blower that supplies cabin air under pressure in a pressurized aircraft …
89on the blower — (UK) If someone is on the blower, they are on the phone. (Dorking School Dictionary) …
90(a) whistle-blower — blow the whistle on (someone/something) to tell someone in authority about something bad that is happening so that it can be stopped. Every organization needs a whistle blower, someone who can stand up and say, Hey, you can t do that! …
