fancier

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person with a special interest in breeding or keeping something

   As a pigeon fancier, he kept dozens of birds on the roof.

From 'fancy' (verb, 'to take a liking to') + the agentive suffix '-er'. 'Fancy' is a contraction of 'fantasy', from Old French 'fantasie', from Latin 'phantasia', from Ancient Greek 'phantasía' ('appearance, imagination').

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