"Twilighter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Twilighters [plural]
Etymology: From twilight + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|twilight|er}} twilight + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} Twilighter (plural Twilighters)
  1. (fandom slang) A fan of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight book series or the related films. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Fans (people), Twilight (novel series) Synonyms: fanpire, Twifan, Twihard, Twitard [derogatory] Hyponyms: Twimom

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2010, Tracey Baptise, Stephenie Meyer, Chelsea House, →ISBN, page 47:",
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