Philatelist

//fɪˈlætəlɪst// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who collects and studies postage stamps.
  2. 2
    a collector and student of postage stamps wordnet

Synonyms

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stamp collectorstamp collector

Example

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""I collect stamps." "Are you a philatelist?" "A philatelist? What's that?""

Etymology

From philately + -ist.

Related phrases

postage stamp

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