Fancier

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fancier \Fan"ci*er\, n.
     1. One who is governed by fancy. "Not reasoners, but
        fanciers." --Macaulay.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. One who fancies or has a special liking for, or interest


        in, a particular object or class or objects; hence, one
        who breeds and keeps for sale birds and animals; as, bird
        fancier, dog fancier, etc.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fancy
       adj : not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting";
             "fancy clothes" [ant: {plain}]
       n 1: something many people believe that is false; "they have the
            illusion that I am very wealthy" [syn: {illusion}, {fantasy},
             {phantasy}]
       2: fancy was held by Coleridge to be more casual and
          superficial than imagination
       3: a predisposition to like something; "he had a fondness for
          whiskey" [syn: {fondness}, {partiality}]
       v 1: imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on
            horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a
            risk in this strategy" [syn: {visualize}, {visualise}, {envision},
             {project}, {see}, {figure}, {picture}, {image}]
       2: have a fancy or particular liking or desire for; "She
          fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's
          window" [syn: {go for}, {take to}]
       [also: {fancied}, {fanciest}, {fancier}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fancier
       n : a person having a strong liking for something [syn: {enthusiast}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fancier
       See {fancy}