nostalgist

American  

[no-stal-jist, nuh-] / nɒˈstæl dʒɪst, nə- /

noun

1. a person who collects or buys and sells items preserved from an earlier era.

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nostalgist British  

/ nɒˈstældʒɪst /

noun

1. a person who indulges in nostalgia

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Etymology

Origin of nostalgist

First recorded in 1950–55; nostalg(ia) + -ist

Example Sentences

Multipart music documentaries come at us these days with the insistence and abundance of the old K-tel collections, scrambling to satisfy the cravings of every variety of pop nostalgist.

From New York Times

The space that remains, though, has been handled with all the sensitivity any urban nostalgist could ask for.

From New York Times

At times, Lipa sounds like she’s doing devoted analysis of the club-pop of the early 1990s, not a nostalgist so much as a historical re-enactor.

From New York Times

Given to a nostalgist’s over-indexing of the past, he nevertheless pressed on into the future, beginning his career with a then-unfashionable sympathy to those who came before and ending up with a whimsical air of delight to still be at it.

From Los Angeles Times

This is the first Christmas-themed album from Kat Edmonson — a dapper young nostalgist, equally beguiled by Blossom Dearie and Norah Jones — but we doesn’t need the LP’s title to tell us that it won’t be her last.

From New York Times