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train spotter

train spotter is the alternative form of trainspotter.

Meaning of trainspotter

Noun

trainspotter (plural trainspotters)

  1. A person whose hobby is train spotting.
    • `So are you like one of those anorak wearing trainspotter types?'2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 2
  2. (broadly) An obsessive follower of any minority interest or hobby.

Forms of train spotter

pluraltrain spotters

Questions about train spotter

What is train spotter the alternative form of?
Train spotter is the alternative form of trainspotter.

Words near train spotter in the dictionary

  1. train set
  2. train sets
  3. train shed
  4. train sheds
  5. train sickness
  6. train spotter
  7. train spotters
  8. train spotting
  9. train station
  10. train stations
  11. train stop

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Adapted from Wiktionary: train spotter (page history and authors); trainspotter (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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