"trainspotter" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: trainspotters [plural]
Etymology: From train + spotter. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|train|spotter}} train + spotter Head templates: {{en-noun}} trainspotter (plural trainspotters)
  1. A person whose hobby is train spotting. Categories (topical): Rail transportation Translations (person whose hobby is train spotting): Trainspotter [masculine] (German), fear-amhairc thrèanaichean [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-trainspotter-en-noun-i6mRE~Y6 Disambiguation of Rail transportation: 67 33 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of 'person whose hobby is train spotting': 91 9
  2. (by extension) An obsessive follower of any minority interest or hobby. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-trainspotter-en-noun-en:by_extension Disambiguation of People: 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: trainspotting, planespotter, anorak, ferroequinologist, rivet counter

Inflected forms

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