Noun: conservationist ,kón-su(r)'vey-shu-nist
- Someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution
"The conservationists protested against the new factory";
- environmentalist, enviro [informal], eco-warrior [informal]
Derived forms: conservationists
Type of: crusader, meliorist, reformer, reformist, social reformer
Encyclopedia: Conservationist