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conservationist

[ kon-ser-vey-shuh-nist ]
/ ˌkɒn sərˈveɪ ʃə nɪst /
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noun

a person who advocates or promotes conservation, especially of natural resources.

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RELATED WORDS

environmentalist, guardian, green, preservationist

Nearby words

conservation of lepton number, conservation of linear momentum, conservation of mass, conservation of momentum, conservation of parity, conservationist, conservatism, conservative, conservative baptist, conservative jew, conservative judaism

Origin of conservationist

First recorded in 1865–70; conservation + -ist
Related formsan·ti·con·ser·va·tion·ist, nounpro·con·ser·va·tion·ist, adjective, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for conservationist

conservationist

/ (ˌkɒnsəˈveɪʃənɪst) /

noun

a person who advocates or strongly promotes preservation and careful management of natural resources and of the environment
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for conservationist

conservationist

n.

1870, from conservation + -ist. The ecological sense is from 1922.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper