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noun
A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Someone who advocates for these actions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: environmentalist
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: reformer, reformist, crusader, social reformer, meliorist
Narrower terms: Green, tree hugger, Carson, Rachel Carson, Rachel Louise Carson, Ward, Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth
History
Etymology tree English conservation Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō 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.
Across languages
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
