philatelist

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A philatelist, his knowledge of the world's business and trade was rather legendary.

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  1. A collector of postage-stamps and revenue-stamps as objects of curiosity or interest.

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  • A philatelist, his knowledge of the world's business and trade was rather legendary. —  Millard Fillmore's Bathtub
  • Caption writing philatelist, president, and married to a supermodel. —  Museum Blogs
  • A philatelist, always agape —  Grimm Tales Made Gay
  • I pore over ever-increasing specs like a philatelist admiring his stamps, remembering the hell he went through just to get that one piece of rectangular paper that would complete his collection. —  technabob
  • G.M. Ah! You're a philatelist, then? —  Sun Bloggers
 

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