单词 | recreationist |
释义 | recreationistn. 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1819 |
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