"conservationist" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: conservationists [plural]
Etymology: conservation + -ist Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|conservation|ist}} conservation + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} conservationist (plural conservationists)
  1. A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species. Categories (topical): People Translations (A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species): բնապահպան (bnapahpan) (Armenian), luonnonsuojelija (Finnish), ympäristönsuojelija (Finnish), écologiste (French), défenseur de l’environnement (French), Naturschützer [masculine] (German), Naturschützerin [feminine] (German), Artenschützer [masculine] (German), Artenschützerin [feminine] (German), természetvédő (Hungarian), kaitiaki taiao (Maori), konserwatysta [masculine] (Polish), konserwatystka [feminine] (Polish), защи́тник приро́ды (zaščítnik priródy) [masculine] (Russian), conservacionista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-conservationist-en-noun-WJcurOCe Disambiguation of People: 48 52 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ist Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 94 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 90 10 Disambiguation of 'A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species': 97 3
  2. Someone who advocates for these actions. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-conservationist-en-noun-5oPY9J11 Disambiguation of People: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: environmentalist

Inflected forms

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