Meanings
nounphilatelist (plural philatelists)
plural philatelists
- A person who collects and studies postage stamps.
M. Laruelle, who had been born in Languion, in the Moselle country, but whose father, a rich philatelist of remote habits, had moved to Paris, usually spent his summer holidays as a boy with his parents in Normandy.
1947, Malcolm Lowry, chapter 1, in Under the Volcano, New York: Reynal & HitchcockSynonyms: stamp collector
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who collects and studies postage stamps.
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Translations
Bulgarian филателист
- филателист (filatelist)a person who studies or collects stamps
Catalan filatelista
- filatelistaa person who studies or collects stamps
Chinese Mandarin 集郵家 /集邮家
- 集郵家 /集邮家 (jíyóujiā)a person who studies or collects stamps
Czech sběratel, filatelista
- sběratela person who studies or collects stamps
- filatelistaa person who studies or collects stamps
Danish frimærkesamler, filatelist
- frimærkesamlera person who studies or collects stamps
- filatelista person who studies or collects stamps
Dutch postzegelverzamelaar, filatelist
- postzegelverzamelaara person who studies or collects stamps
- filatelista person who studies or collects stamps
Estonian filatelist, margikoguja
- filatelista person who studies or collects stamps
- margikogujaa person who studies or collects stamps
Finnish filatelisti, postimerkkeilijä
- filatelistia person who studies or collects stamps
- postimerkkeilijäa person who studies or collects stamps
French philatéliste
- philatélistea person who studies or collects stamps
German Philatelist, Philatelistin
- Philatelista person who studies or collects stamps
- Philatelistina person who studies or collects stamps
- Briefmarkensammlera person who studies or collects stamps
- Briefmarkensammlerina person who studies or collects stamps
Greek φιλοτελιστής, φιλοτελίστρια
- φιλοτελιστής (filotelistís)a person who studies or collects stamps
- φιλοτελίστρια (filotelístria)a person who studies or collects stamps
Hebrew אספן בולים
- אספן בולים (asfán bulím)a person who studies or collects stamps
Hungarian bélyeggyűjtő, filatelista
- bélyeggyűjtőa person who studies or collects stamps
- filatelistaa person who studies or collects stamps
Icelandic frímerkjasafnari
- frímerkjasafnaria person who studies or collects stamps
Italian filatelista
- filatelistaa person who studies or collects stamps
Japanese 切手収集家
- 切手収集家 (kitte shūshūka)a person who studies or collects stamps
Norwegian Bokmål filatelist, frimerkesamler
- filatelista person who studies or collects stamps
- frimerkesamlera person who studies or collects stamps
Polish filatelista, filatelistka
- filatelistaa person who studies or collects stamps
- filatelistkaa person who studies or collects stamps
Portuguese filatelista
- filatelistaa person who studies or collects stamps
Russian филатели́ст, филатели́стка
- филатели́ст (filatɛlíst)a person who studies or collects stamps
- филатели́стка (filatɛlístka)a person who studies or collects stamps
Slovak filatelista
- filatelistaa person who studies or collects stamps
Spanish filatelista, filatélico
- filatelistaa person who studies or collects stamps
- filatélicoa person who studies or collects stamps
Swedish filatelist, frimärkssamlare
- filatelista person who studies or collects stamps
- frimärkssamlarea person who studies or collects stamps
Turkish filatelist, pulcu
- filatelista person who studies or collects stamps
- pulcua person who studies or collects stamps
Ukrainian філателі́ст, філателі́стка
- філателі́ст (filatelíst)a person who studies or collects stamps
- філателі́стка (filatelístka)a person who studies or collects stamps
Cite this entry
APA
philatelist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/philatelist
MLA
“philatelist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/philatelist. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “philatelist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/philatelist.
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