recreationist
nounEtymology From recreation + -ist.
1
One who takes part in recreation.
- Hypothermia, a condition in which the body’s core temperature drops below 95 degrees, is the No. 1 killer of outdoor recreationists.2007 January 9, Jane E. Brody, “Surviving the Cold, or Even the Not So Cold”, in New York Times:
- Recreationists use either the frontcountry or the backcountry—or both.2014, Andrew Gulliford, Outdoors in the Southwest: An Adventure Anthology, page 54:
2
One who takes part in a historical reenactment.
- a Civil War recreationist