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Define the word fancier

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]

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]

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

fancier
     See fancy