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conservationist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree English conservation Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English conservationist From conservation + -ist.

Meanings

1. A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species.
2. Someone who advocates for these actions.
   • 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. 2020 June 3, Andrew Mourant, “A safer railway in a greener habitat”, in Rail, page 58:

Forms

Relateds

environmentalist

Translations (17)

fr conservationniste (A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species) · hy բնապահպան (A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species) · fi luonnonsuojelija (A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species) · pl konserwatystka (A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species) · mi kaitiaki taiao (A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species) · fr écologiste (A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species) · de Naturschützerin (A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species) · pl konserwatysta (A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species) · fi ympäristönsuojelija (A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species) · de Artenschützerin (A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species) · ru защи́тник приро́ды (A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species) · de Naturschützer (A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species) · sw mhifadhi (A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species) · de Artenschützer (A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species) · kk табиғат қорғаушы (A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species) · hu természetvédő (A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species) · es conservacionista (A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species)