Definition of Animal fancier

1. Noun. A person who breeds animals.

Specialized synonyms: Cat Fancier, Horse Fancier, Horseman
Generic synonyms: Enthusiast, Fancier

Lexicographical Neighbors of Animal Fancier

animadverting
animadverts
animal
animal(a)
animal-like
animal-worship
animal black
animal cell culture
animal cell immobilisation
animal charcoal
animal communication
animal dander
animal dentistry
animal dextran
animal disease
animal fancier (current term)
animal fat
animal fiber
animal fibre
animal food
animal foot
animal fries
animal glue
animal graft
animal group
animal husbandry
animal identification systems
animal kingdom
animal leg

Literary usage of Animal fancier

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

1. Making the Most of the Children by Daniel Wolford La Rue (1916)
"... than any lower creature, we often subject them to much more mechanical and un- discriminating treatment than the animal fancier gives to his pets. ..."

2. At Home in Paris: And a Trip Through the Vineyards to Spain by Blanchard Jerrold (1864)
"The animals that barked, and mewed, and screeched, and sang in it, would have been a good stock-in-trade for an animal fancier. ..."

3. Christ Among the Cattle: A Sermon Preached in the First Congregational by Frederic Rowland Marvin (1906)
"Mr. Charles Wood, an English bird and animal fancier, who was brought before a magistrate on the charge of cruelty to tame rats, presented in his defense ..."

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