conservationist

English

Etymology

From conservation +‎ -ist.

Noun

conservationist (plural conservationists)

1. A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species.
2. Someone who advocates for these actions.
   • 2020 June 3, Andrew Mourant, “A safer railway in a greener habitat”, in Rail, page 58:

     Over the past two years, particularly in 2018, Network Rail has come under fire about its approaches to trackside tree-felling across its 52,000-hectare estate. Conservationists accused it of wanton destruction.

Translations

A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species

• Armenian: բնապահպան (hy) (bnapahpan)
• Finnish: luonnonsuojelija (fi), ympäristönsuojelija
• French: écologiste (fr), conservationniste (fr)
• German: Naturschützer (de) m, Naturschützerin (de) f, Artenschützer m, Artenschützerin f
• Hungarian: természetvédő (hu)
• Maori: kaitiaki taiao
• Polish: konserwatysta (pl) m, konserwatystka (pl) f
• Russian: защи́тник приро́ды m (zaščítnik priródy)
• Spanish: conservacionista m or f

See also

• environmentalist

Anagrams

• conversationist