stamp collector
- a word derived from stamp collecting.
Example Sentences
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To that, Cronenberg says, “My father was a stamp collector so I certainly understand the idea of collecting a rare object. Humans are strange. What can I say?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
It was purchased by stamp collector Charles Hack.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2023
A stamp collector himself, Robey and a friend kept an eye out for just such an invert, he later recalled.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 10, 2023
On the day in 1918 when the Postal Service began selling stamps with an image of a newfangled airplane, a 29-year-old stockbroker’s clerk and stamp collector went out on his lunch hour to buy some.
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2021
“He’s not a teacher. He’s a stamp collector and he’s being deported,” I said.
From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys
