Search for crossword answers and clues
A greenkeeper?
Answer for the clue "A greenkeeper? ", 15 letters:
conservationist
Alternative clues for the word conservationist
Word definitions for conservationist in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution [syn: environmentalist ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And that's the problem facing conservationists who are trying to discover where the dormice are. ▪ But conservationists said words must be backed by actions. ▪ By the early 1980s the Commission had been coming under increasingly ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species. 2 Someone who advocates for these actions.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Conservationist may refer to the following: A member of the conservation movement A scientist who works in the field of conservation biology A practitioner of cultural heritage conservation—restoration The Conservationist , a 1974 novel by Nadine Gordimer ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1870, from conservation + -ist . The ecological sense is from 1922.
Usage examples of conservationist.
Did you know that since you went on your most recent organizational tour that practically every ecology, antipollution and conservationist organization in the country has come over to us lock-stock-and-barrel?
When the Everglades Coalition met this weekend in Key Largo, the conference drew nationally known conservationists, biologists, planners, lobbyists and water experts.
He is an active conservationist and National Parks supporter, and he has an intensive love of ferryboats, with the avowed goal of riding every ferry in the world.
That's a serious concern for both conservationists and budget watchers.
Stacy was too much a conservationist to defile the ruins with his twentieth-century corpse.
I've been inundated with calls from conservationists from all over the country, all supporting our stand.
I hear there's a proposal for a sit-in of conservationists, from all over the country outside the Lodge to see that there's no repetition of this disgraceful action.
They are avowedly individualistic, nepotic conservationists and only in effect national.
All of us secretly favor this destruction, even conservationists, even those embattled individuals who make a career out of picketing graceful and historic old buildings to protest their demolition.
So, far from being able to relax, conservationists are busier than ever.
The six youngsters sailing with Sea Shepherd, all keen conservationists, will make a valuable contribution.
The conservationists don't know what's hitting 'em, and nobody can prove a thing against the organization.
In the wheel-house, three conservationists pored over maps and charts whose dark markings represented ruined reefs around the world.
Himself had been heard to remark (tactlessly) that the castle's conservationists still had charge of the eagle only because its weight made stealing it difficult.
The conservationists have invaded the bothy with spades and pickaxes and metal detectors, and are tearing everything apart.