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philatelists

philatelists is the plural of philatelist.

Meaning of philatelist

Noun

philatelist (plural philatelists)

  1. A person who collects and studies postage stamps.
    • M. Laruelle, who had been born in Languion, in the Moselle country, but whose father, a rich philatelist of remote habits, had moved to Paris, usually spent his summer holidays as a boy with his parents in Normandy.1947, Malcolm Lowry, chapter 1, in Under the Volcano, New York: Reynal & Hitchcock
    Synonyms:
    stamp collector

Questions about philatelists

What is philatelists the plural of?
Philatelists is the plural of philatelist.

Words near philatelists in the dictionary

  1. philatelics
  2. philatelies
  3. philatelism
  4. philatelist
  5. philatelistic
  6. philatelists
  7. philately
  8. Philathea
  9. Philathean
  10. Philatheans
  11. philathletic

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