Collecror of spoons.

[patsyann]

Can anyone tell me the name for a person who collects spoons.

[jan1956]

when i put it in on google they all just come up with "collector of spoons" in the oxford dictionary a Spooner is a noun so that would appear likely

[Quizmonster]

Names for lovers/collectors of things are usually formed from the appropriate Greek word plus the other Greek word 'phile'. On that basis, a collector of spoons would be a koutalophile.

[juliely]

A sad muppet !

[tellboy]

A Waiter

[patsyann]

Thank you for all the suggestions.!!! I have gone on another search myself and in America they definately do call themselves "Spooners".Koutalophile sounds good but cannot find it anywhere.

[Quizmonster]

Patsyann, The Oxford English Dictionary offers three meanings for the noun 'spooner'. The first is a maker of spoons, the second is a spoon-holder, on the same lines as a 'creamer' is a receptacle for cream, and the third is an old-fashioned word for a type of lover. (A 'snogger' would probably be the modern British equivalent.)
'Koutalophile', the word I offered earlier, was one I just created for you from the appropriate Greek bits. As you say, it doesn't appear to exist out there in the wide world. That's why I suggested that such words are usually formed thus and that spoon-collectors would be so called. Perhaps the Americans do just use the word 'spooner', as you suggest.

[juliely]

Brilliant answe, tellboy.