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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
conservationist
noun
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▪ 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 severe criticism from conservationists and others.
▪ Despite extensive plans by the consortium for landscaping, the conservationists claim the dump would turn into an eyesore.
▪ So conservationists hope they can preserve the area's outstanding natural beauty and cater for the tourists too.
▪ That alarmed the conservationists while failing to satisfy the engineers.
▪ This would pose historians and conservationists with a dilemma.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
conservationist

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

Wiktionary
conservationist

n. 1 A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species. 2 Someone who advocates for these actions.

WordNet
conservationist

n. someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution [syn: environmentalist]

Wikipedia
Conservationist

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

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.