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Definition of "fancier" []

  • One who has a special enthusiasm for or interest in something: a fancier of antiques. (noun)
  • One who breeds a plant or an animal for those features held to be desirable. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "fancier" in a sentence
  • "It allows Wood to make the same kind of criticism that has always been made of Updike, but to dress it up in fancier crittalk ( "free indirect style"): Updike is too besotted with language."
  • "The tadpole fancier is expert at the art of low politics."
  • "And coupled with Chabon's obvious joy with the English language, The Yiddish Policemen's Union is a word fancier's delight."