recreationist

English

Etymology

recreation +‎ -ist

Noun

recreationist (plural recreationists)

1. One who takes part in recreation.
   • 2007 January 9, Jane E. Brody, “Surviving the Cold, or Even the Not So Cold”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Hypothermia, a condition in which the body’s core temperature drops below 95 degrees, is the No. 1 killer of outdoor recreationists.

   • 2014, Andrew Gulliford, Outdoors in the Southwest: An Adventure Anthology, page 54:

     Recreationists use either the frontcountry or the backcountry—or both.

2. One who takes part in a historical reenactment.

   Synonym: reenactor

   a Civil War recreationist

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