downwindern.

Brit.

/ˌdaʊnˈwɪndə/, U.S.

/ˌdaʊnˈwɪndər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: down-wind at wind n.¹ 19a, -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < down-wind at wind n.¹ 19a + -er suffix¹.

Originally and chiefly U.S.

A person who lives or has lived downwind of a nuclear test site or reactor, where the risk of being affected by radiation is greatest.

ΚΠ

1982 Sunday Sun (Lowell, Mass.) 11 Apr. a9/3 Others, like the Downwinders, contend the tests left a cancerous legacy in the area swept with fallout.

1985 O. Hatch in Congress. Rec. 16 July 19069/1 Americans who lived downwind of the Nevada test site, in the shadow of the fallout clouds, are known as downwinders.

1994 Guardian 7 Mar. i. 17/1 The ‘downwinders’..were repeatedly told that atomic tests just across the state border in Nevada were safe.

2005 N.Y. Times Mag. 6 Feb. 72 Around then I got a tumor growing in my bladder. We both applied for downwinders' compensation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	downwinder
释义	downwindern. Brit. /ˌdaʊnˈwɪndə/, U.S. /ˌdaʊnˈwɪndər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: down-wind at wind n.¹ 19a, -er suffix¹. Etymology: < down-wind at wind n.¹ 19a + -er suffix¹. Originally and chiefly U.S. A person who lives or has lived downwind of a nuclear test site or reactor, where the risk of being affected by radiation is greatest. ΚΠ 1982 Sunday Sun (Lowell, Mass.) 11 Apr. a9/3 Others, like the Downwinders, contend the tests left a cancerous legacy in the area swept with fallout. 1985 O. Hatch in Congress. Rec. 16 July 19069/1 Americans who lived downwind of the Nevada test site, in the shadow of the fallout clouds, are known as downwinders. 1994 Guardian 7 Mar. i. 17/1 The ‘downwinders’..were repeatedly told that atomic tests just across the state border in Nevada were safe. 2005 N.Y. Times Mag. 6 Feb. 72 Around then I got a tumor growing in my bladder. We both applied for downwinders' compensation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1982
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