The meaning of Fancier

noun

A person who is addicted to a particular substance, typically an illegal drug.

Usage examples:

A former heroin addict

noun

A person who is unable to stop doing or using something

noun

A person who is very knowledgeable and enthusiastic about an activity, subject, or pastime.

Usage examples:

A crossword aficionado

noun

Someone who is very interested in and enthusiastic about a particular subject

Usage examples:

A club for model railway aficionados, an aficionado of french cinema

noun

A person who breeds animals or plants.

Usage examples:

A dog breeder

noun

A person who breeds animals or plants

Usage examples:

She was one of the country's top sheep breeders., these plant breeders are involved in one of the l…

noun

A yellowish-beige colour.

Usage examples:

A buff envelope

verb

Polish (something).

Usage examples:

He buffed the glass until it gleamed

adjective

(of a person or their body) in good physical shape with well-developed muscles.

Usage examples:

The driver was a buff blond named march

noun

A harmful microorganism, typically a bacterium.

Usage examples:

Their ham was found to be contaminated with food bugs

verb

Conceal a miniature microphone in (a room or device) in order to listen to or record someone's conversations secretly.

Usage examples:

Their offices, homes, and telephones were bugged

noun

An expert judge in matters of taste.

Usage examples:

A connoisseur of music

noun

A person who has expert knowledge of something, esp. an art, food, or drink, and is qualified to judge and appreciate its quality

Usage examples:

The mushrooms had the chewy, savory flavor preferred by connoisseurs.

noun

Someone who has a lot of experience of something and knows a lot about it

Usage examples:

A connoisseur of fine wine, this product will be marketed at connoisseurs.

noun

A person who is very interested in and enthusiastic about someone or something.

Usage examples:

A devotee of lewis carroll

noun

A person who is very interested in a particular activity or subject.

Usage examples:

A sports car enthusiast

noun

Someone who is very interested in and involved with a particular subject or activity

Usage examples:

A computer-games enthusiast

noun

A person who is very knowledgeable about or skilful in a particular area.

Usage examples:

An expert in healthcare

adjective

Having or involving a great deal of knowledge or skill in a particular area.

Usage examples:

He had received expert academic advice

noun

A person having a high level of knowledge or skill in a particular subject

Usage examples:

He is the administration’s foreign-policy expert for eastern europe., she’s an expert swimmer.

noun

An apparatus with rotating blades that creates a current of air for cooling or ventilation.

Usage examples:

A couple of ceiling fans, lazily turning

verb

Cool (someone or something) by waving an object to create a current of air.

Usage examples:

He fanned himself with his hat

noun

A person who has a strong interest in or admiration for a particular person or thing.

Usage examples:

Football fans

noun

A person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal, especially for an extreme religious or political cause.

Usage examples:

Religious fanatics

adjective

Filled with or expressing excessive zeal.

Usage examples:

His eyes had a fanatic iciness

noun

A person whose strong admiration for something is extreme and unreasonable

Usage examples:

A fitness/exercise fanatic, her devotion to her pets was fanatical.

noun

An evil spirit or demon.

Usage examples:

The evil that was spawned from cain became spirits, monsters, fiends, goblins and giants, forging t…

noun

A very unusual and unexpected event or situation.

Usage examples:

The teacher says the accident was a total freak

verb

Behave or cause to behave in a wild and irrational way, typically because of the effects of extreme emotion or drugs.

Usage examples:

He freaked out and smashed the place up

adjective

Extremely unusual or unlikely

Usage examples:

She died in a freak automobile accident., a freak midsummer hailstorm caught us all by surprise., m…

noun

A person who pursues a particular hobby.

Usage examples:

A computer hobbyist

noun

Someone who does something as a hobby

Usage examples:

A computer hobbyist

noun

A drug addict.

Usage examples:

I thought my destiny was to be a heroin addict, a junkie for the rest of my life; i couldn't stop m…

noun

A person who regularly takes and is dependent on illegal drugs, esp. heroin

Usage examples:

If you want to follow politics, basically you have to become a talk-show junkie.

noun

A partner in a sexual or romantic relationship outside marriage.

Usage examples:

I think she had a secret lover

noun

A partner in a romantic or physical relationship

Usage examples:

The remote island is ideal for nature lovers.

noun

A person exhibiting extremely wild or violent behaviour.

Usage examples:

When he sits in front of a playstation he transforms into a karate-choppin' maniac

combining form

Forming nouns corresponding to words ending in -mania.

Usage examples:

Kleptomaniac

noun

A person who has an unusually strong interest in an activity or subject

Usage examples:

My brother is a maniac when it comes to football., a homicidal maniac

noun

A fruit consisting of a hard or tough shell around an edible kernel.

Usage examples:

He was cracking nuts with his teeth

verb

Butt (someone) with one's head.

Usage examples:

I thought he was going to nut me in the face

abbreviation

(in the uk) national union of teachers.