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单词 recreationist
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recreationistn.

Brit. /ˌrɛkrɪˈeɪʃənɪst/, /ˌrɛkrɪˈeɪʃn̩ɪst/, U.S. /ˌrɛkriˈeɪʃ(ə)nəst/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: recreation n.1, -ist suffix.
Etymology: < recreation n.1 + -ist suffix.
A person who pursues a recreation or is devoted to recreation; a recreationalist (recreationalist n. at recreational adj. Derivatives). Also (quot. 1952): a person who studies recreation and leisure practices.
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society > leisure > entertainment > [noun] > one engaged in amusement or entertainment
player1340
dalliera1568
pastimer1608
recreationist1819
pleasure-seeker1825
pleasurer1833
the tired businessman1913
looner1969
society > leisure > entertainment > [noun] > advocate of recreation
recreationalist1936
recreationist1952
1819 W. Green Tourist's New Guide II. 485 Hurried from place to place, the polite recreationists have their pleasure much in alloy by not knowing where they shall next rest their heads.
1852 Littell's Living Age 18 Sept. 545/2 To enumerate her ‘entire works’ would be a task proper for arithmetical recreationists. We will not attempt it.
1897 Waterloo (Iowa) Courier 13 Aug. 4/2 He mingles easily with the other summer recreationists on the lake.
1904 Daily Chron. 13 Sept. 6/6 The campers had relaxed their vigilance... At a sudden startled shout of ‘Police’, the Recreationists discovered helmeted and uniformed stalwarts advancing on them.
1952 D. Riesman in Antioch Rev. Dec. 420 Students of leisure—‘recreationists’ perhaps we'd better call them.
1963 Times 6 Nov. 13/3 A useful exercise..to bring poachers..round a table with game~keepers..together with naturalists, architects, town planners, industrialists, and recreationists (if the word will serve).
1996 High Country News 1 Apr. 15/1 Ranchers and recreationists are concerned about the proliferation of pipelines, roads and wells.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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