con-servant
vən noun, plural con·serv·an·cies.
1.
conservation of natural resources.
2.
an association dedicated to the protection of the environment and its resources.
3.
British. a commission regulating navigation, fisheries, etc.
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| —n , pl -cies | |
| 1. | (in Britain) a court or commission with jurisdiction over a river, port, area of countryside, etc |
| 2. | another word for conservation |
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conservancy
1755, "commission with jurisdiction over a port or river," from L. conservant-, prp. stem of conservare (see conserve); earlier was conservacy (mid-15c., Anglo-Fr. conservacie). Meaning "official preservation of undeveloped land" dates from 1859 (first reference is to protection
of bo trees in Ceylon).
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