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fashionista

noun
/ˌfæ.ʃəˈnɪ.stə/UK/ˌfæ.ʃəˈni.stə/US

Etymology

From fashion + -ista. Compare earlier Sandinista, Peronista, Guardianista. Piecewise doublet of earlier fashionist.

  1. borrowed from -ista
  2. compounded as fashionista — “fashion + -ista”

Definitions

  1. A person who creates or promotes high fashion, i.e. a fashion designer or fashion editor.

    • Toronto fashionista Suzanne Boyd, editor-in-chief of the soon-to-be-launched Zoomer magazine, recently moved back to Canada after living in Manhattan for the past four years.

  2. A person who dresses according to the trends of fashion, or one who closely follows those…

    A person who dresses according to the trends of fashion, or one who closely follows those trends.

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Derived

fatshionista, hijabista, recessionista

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA