Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One that practices or advocates conservation, especially of natural resources.
Wiktionary
- n. A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species.
- n. Someone who advocates for these actions.
WordNet 3.0
- n. someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution
Etymologies
- conservation + -ist (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I use the term conservationist when asked to describe myself, but to the extent that I'm an environmentalist, I do it out of a sense that it's the only sensible thing to do," Gibson said.”
“As far as using it as a management technique to "give the deer a day of rest from us" as our "conservationist" friend suggests; Wouldn't lowering bag limits or shortening the season accomplish the same thing without eliminating one of the two days of the week that I can actually hunt?!?”
“The point was to set up a bidding war between the "conservationist" and the government of Japan.”
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“None of this is to say that, historically, we Tibetans were deliberately 'conservationist'.”
“And the trend has been the treat them with the same kind of conservationist sensitivities.”
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“Hugo Slim could have been with me in DRC, when the 'conservationist' guiding our vehicle left three villagers in the dust while they were running from a gun battle.”
“Hugo Slim could have been with me in DRC, when the "conservationist" guiding our vehicle left three villagers in the dust while they were running from a gun battle. ”
“The work the "conservationist" stole includes video footage of starving orphans in Mbingi, who are supposed to be receiving donated conservation dollars from the United States.”
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“The conservation guard who was with us wanted to allow the villagers to hop on for a quick ride out of the area, but they were denied entry into our vehicle by the British "conservationist" (read mercenary) who overruled his "troop.”
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“Also a more accurate description of how he made his living would be "conservationist".”
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