Noun: eco-warrior 'e-kow,wor-ee-u(r) or 'ee-kow,wór-ee-u(r) [N. Amer], 'ee-kow,wó-ree-u(r) [Brit]
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- Someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution
"The eco-warriors protested against the new factory";
- environmentalist, conservationist, enviro [informal]
Derived forms: eco-warriors
Type of: crusader, meliorist, reformer, reformist, social reformer
Encyclopedia: Eco-warrior