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Noun: trainspotter  'treyn,spó-tu(r)
Usage: Brit
  1. Someone who collects locomotive numbers
    "The trainspotter excitedly noted down the numbers of passing trains"
     
  2. [Brit, informal] Someone considered boring because of their obsessive hobby or narrow solitary interests
    "His friends teased him for being a trainspotter when it came to vintage cars";
    - anorak [Brit, informal], nerd [informal], spod [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: trainspotters

Encyclopedia: Trainspotter