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PHILATELIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does philatelist mean?
• PHILATELIST (noun)
The noun PHILATELIST has 1 sense:
1. a collector and student of postage stamps
Familiarity information: PHILATELIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A collector and student of postage stamps
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
philatelist; stamp collector
Hypernyms ("philatelist" is a kind of...):
aggregator; collector (a person who collects things)
Derivation:
philately (the collection and study of postage stamps)
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