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fancier|ˈfænsɪə(r)|
[f. fancy v. + -er2.]
One who fancies, in senses of the vb.
1. One who fancies or imagines.
1828Macaulay Hallam, Ess. (1889) 53 People who, in their speculations in politics, are not reasoners, but fanciers.
2. One who makes tasteful designs.
1856Ruskin Mod. Paint. III. iv. xiv. §11. 203 Their.. most brilliant fanciers were employed in..embroidering the robe.
3. One who has a liking for, and a critical judgement in, some class of curiosities, plants, animals, etc. Chiefly with prefixed n., as in dog-fancier, flower-fancier, pigeon-fancier.
1765Johnson Shaks. I. 155 Some now call that which a man takes particular delight in his Fancy. Flower fancier for a florist, and Bird fancier for a lover and feeder of birds are colloquial words. 1769S. Paterson Another Trav. II. i. 152 It is also true that Dutchmen, generally speaking, are fanciers. 1773Barrington in Phil. Trans. LXIII. 280 Some of the nightingale fanciers..prefer a Surry bird to those of Middlesex. 1824W. Irving T. Trav. I. 247 We have oddity fanciers among our ladies of rank. 1859Sala Tw. round Clock (1861) 167 Dog-fanciers..in many cases might with as much propriety answer to the name of dog-stealers. 1861Delamer Fl. Gard. 34 The fourth year..the fancier may look out for a prize or two. 1867Tegetmeier Pigeons iii. 25 Numerous varieties of pigeons..are known to naturalists and fanciers.
attrib.1891Leeds Merc. 3 Oct. 12/2 A ‘fancier Judge’. |