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enthusiast

noun

in-ˈthü-zē-ˌast

as in lover

a person with a strong and habitual liking for something skiing enthusiasts can't wait for the first snowfall of the season

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Recent Examples on the Web What is Gen Con? Gen Con is a four-day event catering to enthusiasts of all things gaming (minus sports and gambling): tabletop and RPG's (Role-Playing Games) as well as video, computer and trading card games. —

John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 24 July 2024 Matthew Marshall, a cowboy enthusiast from Long Beach, is also against the ban. —

Michael Blackshire, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2024 For the moment, selling Ethereum as a new transaction platform is the main game, and Ethereum enthusiasts have a potent argument: that the platform is a technology investment at heart. —

Bob Pisani, CNBC, 23 July 2024 My flight the next morning was again full of enthusiasts, whose collective exuberance had given way to exhaustion. —

Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for enthusiast

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