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trainspotter

noun

Etymology

From train + spotter.

  1. derived from *(s)pel-✻
  2. derived from *splt-no-✻
  3. inherited from *spluttaz✻
  4. inherited from *splott✻
  5. inherited from splott — “spot, plot of land”
  6. inherited from splot
  7. derived from spotte — “spot, speck”
  8. inherited from spot
  9. formed as spotter — “spot + -er”
  10. compounded as trainspotter — “train + spotter”

Definitions

  1. A person whose hobby is train spotting.

    • `So are you like one of those anorak wearing trainspotter types?'
    • “Unless you want to end up in the depot!” Then he looks at me more closely, suspecting a trainspotter in his midst. “Maybe, you do want to end up in the depot.”

  2. An obsessive follower of any minority interest or hobby.

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