fanziner

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noun

One who publishes or contributes to a fanzine.

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Meanings

nounfanziner (plural fanziners)

plural fanziners

  1. One who publishes or contributes to a fanzine.

    This is illustrated by the authorial activities of Star Trek fanziners, who construct communities and articulate new gender identities by literally re-writing their favorite television series characters.

    1994, Martha Woodmansee, Peter Jaszi, The construction of authorship, page 119

Origin

From fanzine + -er.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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