noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A person whose hobby is train spotting.

   "`So are you like one of those anorak wearing trainspotter types?'"

2. 2
   An obsessive follower of any minority interest or hobby. broadly

Synonyms

All synonyms

gricergunzelrailfan

Example

More examples

"They'd all think I was a saddo trainspotter, which is not the image I want to convey."

Etymology

From train + spotter.

Related phrases

train spotting

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