Complete Definition of "tree hugger"

English

Noun
tree hugger

  1. slang (disapproving) An environmental campaigner, especially one who aims to restrict logging.

#: 1960, Kalle Päätalo (translation by Richard A. Impola), Our Daily Bread, p. 259
#:: "Let's go now, tree-hugger," gasped one of them. "The show's over. Everybody beat it," ordered the other.

Synonyms
prairie fairy

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