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nostalgist

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nos⋅tal⋅gist

  [no-stal-jist, nuh-]
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–noun
a person who collects or buys and sells items preserved from an earlier era.
Origin:
1950–55; nostalg(ia) + -ist
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nos·tal·gi·a   (nŏ-stāl'jə, nə-)   
n.  

  1. A bittersweet longing for things, persons, or situations of the past.

  2. The condition of being homesick; homesickness.


[Greek nostos, a return home; see nes-1 in Indo-European roots + -algia.]
nos·tal'gic (-jĭk) adj., nos·tal'gi·cal·ly adv., nos·tal'gist n.
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