colombophilen.adj.
/kəˈlʌmbəʊfʌɪl/ A. n.
A pigeon-fancier.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > [noun] > keeping or breeding pigeons > pigeon-fancier
the fancy1735
pigeon fancier?1755
columbarian1807
colombophile1890
pigeoneer1918
1890 Homing News 31 Jan. 55/1 Eggs laid in the baskets during transit by train..are often greatly prized by some colombophiles.
1896 Westm. Gaz. 20 Feb. 8/2 The Battersea colombophile, whose pigeons..are set at liberty and allowed to fly home.
B. adj.
Pigeon-fancying; of or pertaining to pigeon-fanciers.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > [adjective] > relating to pigeon-fanciers
colombophile1890
1890 Homing News 3 Jan. 3/1 Colombophile world.
1958 Punch 3 Nov. 40/3 Such a colombophile triumph could not pass unremarked.
Derivatives
coˌlomboˈphilia n. pigeon-fancying.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > [noun] > keeping or breeding pigeons
pigeon fancy1879
colombophilia1964
1964 Economist 15 Aug. 650/1 No single body..covers all aspects of colombophilia in Britain.
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n.adj.1890