"word-lover" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: word-lovers [plural]
Etymology: From word + lover. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|word|lover}} word + lover Head templates: {{en-noun}} word-lover (plural word-lovers)
  1. Someone who is fond of or devoted to the knowledge, study, and history of words; synonym of logophile. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: word lover, wordlover Related terms: lexicographer, lexicologist, philologist, wordlore

Inflected forms

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