Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Fancier \Fan"ci*er\, n.
1. One who is governed by fancy. ``Not reasoners, but
fanciers.'' --Macaulay.
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.
Source : WordNet®
fancier
n : a person having a strong liking for something [syn: {enthusiast}]
fancy
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}]
[also: {fancied}, {fanciest}, {fancier}]
fancy
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}]
fancy
adj : not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting";
"fancy clothes" [ant: {plain}]
[also: {fancied}, {fanciest}, {fancier}]
fancier
See {fancy}