conservationist
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Etymology
From conservation + -ist.
Noun
conservationist (plural conservationists)
- A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species.
- Someone who advocates for these actions.
- 2020 June 3, Andrew Mourant, “A safer railway in a greener habitat”, in Rail, page 58:
- Over the past two years, particularly in 2018, Network Rail has come under fire about its approaches to trackside tree-felling across its 52,000-hectare estate. Conservationists accused it of wanton destruction.
Translations
A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species
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