philatelist
/fih-LAT-uh-list/nouna person who collects or studies postage stamps
“The philatelist paid a fortune for the misprinted stamp.”
- Synonyms
- stamp collector
- Root
- phil- (love)
- Memory hook
- phil (love) + ateleia (postage): a lover of stamps.
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