conservationist
pronunciation
How to pronounce conservationist in British English:
UK [ˌkɒnsəˈveɪʃənɪst]
How to pronounce conservationist in American English:
US [ˌkɑnsərˈveɪʃənɪst]
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- Noun:
- someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution
Word Origin
- conservationist (n.)
- 1870, from conservation + -ist. The ecological sense is from 1922.
Example
- 1. Conservationist tenant preferred , but extractive forestry also considered .
- 2. Ten best green jobs for the next decade farming forest conservationist .
- 3. Tomo nishihara , a conservationist working for the wildlife conservation society , was worried .
- 4. So ...... a voyeur and a conservationist .
- 5. He was also a conservationist who stressed the need to save forests and wild life .