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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-conservationist.wav [Southern-England] Forms: conservationists [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English conservation Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō 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. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|conservation|-ist|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English conservation Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō 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 [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-id-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yéti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-idyéti", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*-íďďō", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ῐ́ζω", "lang" : "grc" }, { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "redlink", "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*-tās", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-τής", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ῐστής", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ista", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-iste", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ist", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ist", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "conservationist", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="conservationist"> From conservation + -ist. Head templates: {{en-noun}} conservationist (plural conservationists)
  1. A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species. Translations (A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species): բնապահպան (bnapahpan) (Armenian), luonnonsuojelija (Finnish), ympäristönsuojelija (Finnish), écologiste (French), conservationniste (French), Naturschützer [masculine] (German), Naturschützerin [feminine] (German), Artenschützer [masculine] (German), Artenschützerin [feminine] (German), természetvédő (Hungarian), табиғат қорғаушы (tabiğat qorğauşy) [singular] (Kazakh), kaitiaki taiao (Māori), konserwatysta [masculine] (Polish), konserwatystka [feminine] (Polish), защи́тник приро́ды (zaščítnik priródy) [masculine] (Russian), conservacionista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), mhifadhi (Swahili)
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  2. Someone who advocates for these actions.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: environmentalist

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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
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      "roman": "bnapahpan",
      "sense": "A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species",
      "word": "բնապահպան"
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      "sense": "A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species",
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      "sense": "A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species",
      "word": "ympäristönsuojelija"
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      "sense": "A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species",
      "word": "écologiste"
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      "sense": "A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species",
      "word": "conservationniste"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "sense": "A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Naturschützer"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Naturschützerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Artenschützer"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Artenschützerin"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species",
      "word": "természetvédő"
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      "code": "kk",
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      "roman": "tabiğat qorğauşy",
      "sense": "A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species",
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      "word": "табиғат қорғаушы"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Māori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species",
      "word": "kaitiaki taiao"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species",
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      "word": "konserwatysta"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
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      "sense": "A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species",
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      "sense": "A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "защи́тник приро́ды"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
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      "sense": "A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "conservacionista"
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    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "lang_code": "sw",
      "sense": "A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species",
      "word": "mhifadhi"
    }
  ],
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}

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