Definition of Fanciers

1. Noun. (plural of fancier) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fanciers

1. fancier [n] - See also: fancier

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fanciers

fanbase
fanbases
fanbelt
fanbelts
fanboi
fanbois
fanboy
fanboyish
fanboyism
fanboys
fancie
fancied
fancied up
fancier
fanciers (current term)
fancies
fanciest
fancified
fancifies
fanciful
fancifull
fancifully
fancifulness
fancifulnesses
fancify
fancifying
fanciless
fancily
fanciness

Literary usage of Fanciers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin (1896)
"fanciers almost unanimously believe that the different races are descended from several wild stocks, whereas most naturalists believe that all are descended ..."

2. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication by Charles Darwin (1899)
"fanciers almost unanimously believe that the different races are descended from several wild stocks, whereas most naturalists believe that all are descended ..."

3. Charles Darwin's Works by Charles Darwin (1896)
"fanciers almost unanimously believe that the different races are descended from several wild stocks, ..."

4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... relied on for reproducing their own distinctive peculiarities in the descendants, and hence constituting what are regarded by fanciers as pure breeds. ..."

5. Our Domestic Birds by John Henry Robinson (1913)
"POULTRY fanciers' FARMS A large proportion of poultry fanciers are city people who have ... Such fanciers have to find farmers to grow chickens for them. ..."

6. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1874)
"Some fanciers desire the wattle to extend under the lower beak, ... Thus English fanciers, or at least exhibitors, will probably differ from him in what he ..."

7. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"The species known to gardeners are few, although many kinds are or have been in cultivation by fanciers and in collections. They usually require much rafter ..."

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