ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Hobbyist

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈhɒb.ɪ.ɪst/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Hobbyist is a noun meaning A person who is interested in an activity or a subject as a hobby.

Meaning

A person who is interested in an activity or a subject as a hobby.

More Meanings

  1. (slang, sex work) A client in a girlfriend experience.

Example Sentences

This computer magazine is targeted at both professionals and hobbyists.
Presently the skies are cluttered with drones—2.5 million of which were purchased in 2016 by American hobbyists and businesses.
In summary, you would have to be an expert, not a beginning hobbyist, at the outset to understand and apply much of the beekeeping information available on the Internet.
In other words, a hobbyist wants to feel special, like he is the provider's boyfriend. This interest in extra-sexual experiences by men who frequent prostitutes is well known (Stein 41; Bernstein 126).

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Related dictionary entries include amateur, dilettante, gamer, crafter, inventor, horticulturist.

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