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fantasist

[fan-tuh-sist, -zist; fan-tey-zhist]

fan·ta·sist

[fan-tuh-sist, -zist; fan-tey-zhist]
noun
a person who writes or composes fantasies or fantasias in music, poetry, or the like.

Origin:
1920–25; fantas(y) + -ist
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fantasist (ˈfæntəsɪst)
 
n
1.  a person who indulges in fantasies
2.  a person who writes musical or literary fantasies

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