recreationist
(rɛkrɪˈeɪʃənɪst)
[f. recreation1 + -ist.]
a. One who pursues a recreation. b. = recreationalist. (See also quot. 1952.)
| 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). 1977 Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 8 July 13/4 Cougar Air..will be relying heavily on lumber and mining companies for business as well as recreationists. |