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Subject: Teddy Bear Collector
Category: Miscellaneous
Asked by: dataheadache-ga
List Price: $2.00

Posted: 29 May 2004 10:31 PDT
Expires: 28 Jun 2004 10:31 PDT
Question ID: 353551

What is the name for a Teddy Bear Collector? (Like a philatelist is a
stamp collector) - I seem to have looked everywhere but cannot find
the answer....

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Subject: Re: Teddy Bear Collector
Answered By: palitoy-ga on 29 May 2004 11:54 PDT

Hello Dataheadache

The name of a teddy bear collector is called an arctophilist or
arctophile.  This derives from the greek for bear (arktos).

http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861586682/arctophile.html
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/dictionaries/difficultwords/data/d0001449.html
http://adams.allwords.com/word-arctophile.html
http://www.didyouknow.cd/collectors/collectors.htm

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