vecturist

[ vek-chuh-rist ]

noun

1. a person who collects transportation tokens as a hobby.

Word History and Origins

Origin of vecturist¹

< Latin vectūr ( a ) transport, money paid for transport, fare ( vect ( us ) past participle of vehere to convey + -ūra -ure ) + -ist

Example Sentences

They generally don’t look up long, hard-to-spell words—no “rhadamanthine” or “vecturist” unless the Scripps National Spelling Bee is on TV.

From Slate