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trainspotter

trainspotter noun: a person whose hobby is train spotting.

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
    • Above all, I remember the noise and smell of the steam locomotives, and it was those journeys that turned me into a trainspotter, which meant that soon a pencil, notebook and the Ian Allan locospotter's guide became essential items for the trip.2021 July 28, Christian Wolmar, “Forgotten by the railways, but ripe for the exploring”, in RAIL, number 936, page 34
  2. (broadly) An obsessive follower of any minority interest or hobby.

Forms of trainspotter

pluraltrainspotters

Origin of trainspotter

From train + spotter.

Words formed from trainspotter

Questions about trainspotter

What does trainspotter mean?
Trainspotter means a person whose hobby is train spotting.
What part of speech is trainspotter?
Trainspotter is a noun.
What is the plural of trainspotter?
The plural of trainspotter is trainspotters.

Words near trainspotter in the dictionary

  1. trainsick
  2. trainsickness
  3. trainspot
  4. trainspots
  5. trainspotted
  6. trainspotter
  7. trainspotterish
  8. trainspotters
  9. trainspottery
  10. trainspotting
  11. trainstop

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