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fancier (root: fancy)
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun fancier has 1 sense
- fancier(n = noun.person) enthusiast - a person having a strong liking for something; Array is a kind of admirer, adorer
has particulars: animal fancier, bird fancier, maniac, technophile
Derived form verb fancy2
CIDE DICTIONARY
fancier, n.
- One who is governed by fancy. Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- One who fancies or has a special liking for, or interest in, a particular object or class or objects; hence, one who breeds and keeps for sale birds and animals; as, bird fancier, dog fancier, etc. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
fancier, n. a connoisseur or follower of some activity or thing (dog-fancier).
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