vecturist

American

[vek-chuh-rist] / ˈvɛk tʃə rɪst /

noun

a person who collects transportation tokens as a hobby.

Etymology

Origin of vecturist

< Latin vectūr ( a ) transport, money paid for transport, fare ( vect ( us ) past participle of vehere to convey + -ūra -ure ) + -ist

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They generally don’t look up long, hard-to-spell words—no “rhadamanthine” or “vecturist” unless the Scripps National Spelling Bee is on TV.

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