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res·er·va·tion

(rĕz′ər-vā′shən)

1. The act of reserving; a keeping back or withholding: the reservation of the right to use the property.

a. A limiting qualification, condition, or exception: accepted with the reservation that she would have to leave early.

b. often reservations A doubt or misgiving: has reservations about the proposal.

3. A tract of land set apart by the federal government for a special purpose, especially one for the use of a Native American people.

4. An arrangement by which accommodations are secured in advance, as in a hotel or restaurant or on an airplane.

res′er·va′tion·ist n.

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reservationist

(ˌrɛzəˈveɪʃənɪst)

1. (Commerce) commerce a person who makes reservations or bookings of e.g. hotel rooms, tickets

2. (Professions) commerce a person who makes reservations or bookings of e.g. hotel rooms, tickets

adj

characteristic of a person who makes or presents doubts, limitations or exceptions

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res•er•va•tion•ist

(ˌrɛz ərˈveɪ ʃə nɪst)
n.

a person who makes or takes reservations at a hotel, airline office, etc.

[1975–80]

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Clearly, the prediction of political pundits that Anandiben Patel's hardline stand against pro- reservationist Patels led by Hardik Patel would prove costly for the BJP in the civic polls has come true.