fanware

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noun

software or collected media written by or for fans of something, e.g. tools for tracking sports statistics

OriginEnglish softwarebf. ← Middle English ware ← Old English waru →
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Meanings

nounfanware (uncountable)
  1. uncountablesoftware or collected media written by or for fans of something, e.g. tools for tracking sports statistics
  2. misspellinguncountableMisspelling of fanwear.

Origin

  1. Englishfanatic
  2. Englishfancyinflu.
  3. Englishfan
  4. Proto-West Germanic*samft(ī)
  5. Old Englishsōfte
  6. Middle Englishsofte
  7. Englishsoft
  8. Proto-Germanic*warō
  9. Proto-West Germanic*waru
  10. Old Englishwaru
  11. Middle Englishware
  12. Englishsoftwarebf.
  13. Englishfanware

From fan + -ware.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

fanware. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fanware

MLA

“fanware.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fanware. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fanware,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fanware.

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