conservationist

[kon-ser-vey-shuh-nist] Origin

con·ser·va·tion·ist

[kon-ser-vey-shuh-nist]
noun
a person who advocates or promotes conservation, especially of natural resources.

Origin:
1865–70; conservation + -ist

an·ti·con·ser·va·tion·ist, noun
pro·con·ser·va·tion·ist, adjective, noun
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an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
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conservationist (ˌkɒnsəˈveɪʃənɪst)
 
n
a person who advocates or strongly promotes preservation and careful management of natural resources and of the environment

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conservationist
1870, from conservation. The ecological sense is from 1922.
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