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conservationist

[ kon-ser-vey-shuh-nist ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person who advocates or promotes conservation, especially of natural resources.

conservationist

/ ˌkɒnsəˈveɪʃənɪst /

a person who advocates or strongly promotes preservation and careful management of natural resources and of the environment

First recorded in 1865–70; conservation + -ist

There is no effort on the part of the Conservationist to interfere with any duty that the State ought to and can perform.

Make this a rule and you will avoid friction and show yourself truly a conservationist with the best.

He admitted to his friend, conservationist Gifford Pinchot, that the problem would have to be faced someday, but not during a war.

The beaver is a valuable conservationist, but there are localities in which he cannot be tolerated.

The bear will gorge himself on these cherries, and he is no conservationist.

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