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fashionista

[fash-uh-nee-stuh] Origin

fash·ion·is·ta

[fash-uh-nee-stuh]
noun
a very fashionable person, especially one who works in the fashion industry.

Origin:
1990–95; fashion + Italian or Spanish -ista -ist
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fashionista (ˌfæʃəˈniːstə)
 
n
informal a person who follows trends in the fashion industry obsessively and strives continually to adopt the latest fashions
 
[C20: from fashion + -ista as in Sandinista]

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Main Entry:  fashionista
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  a person working in or deeply involved with the high-fashion industry, such as a designer, model, photographer, buyer, writer, wearer; a devotee to clothing fashion
Etymology:  fashion + Spanish -ista (agent noun)
Usage:  informal
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Word Origin & History

fashionista
by 1996, from fashion + -ista (see -ist). In the same sense were fashionist (1616, alive as late as 1850); fashion-monger (1590s).
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