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button +‎ -ologist

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buttonologist (plural buttonologists)

  1. (very rare) A person who studies buttons.
    • 2009, Sandra Jackson, The Scrivener's Button Cabinet: A Twentieth Century Clothing Button Collection:
      Some, especially those made for designer suiting or coats, can be very pricey from the manufacturers' point of view. A buttonologist and a crafter might view the same buttons quite differently.

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