antiquer

[ an-tee-ker ]

/ ænˈti kər /

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a person who takes a special interest in antiques; a collector of antiquities; antiquary.

a person who simulates antique furniture by using processes that give an appearance of age, wear, etc., to recently manufactured pieces.

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Which Word of the Day means “happening within or being the created world of a story”?

I was an antiquer, but I didn't know it and they didn't know it.
The Abandoned Farmers|Irvin S. Cobb