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Definition of Animal fancier
1. Noun. A person who breeds animals.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Animal Fancier
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 ..."