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anglophile definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an admirer of England and things English [syn: anglophile, anglophil]

Merriam Webster's

also Anglophil noun Etymology: French, from anglo- + -phile Date: 1883 a person who greatly admires or favors England and things English • Anglophile or Anglophilic adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & adj. (also Anglophil) --n. a person who is fond of or greatly admires England or the English. --adj. being or characteristic of an Anglophile.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(Anglophiles) If you describe a non-British person as Anglophile, you mean that they admire Britain and British culture. ...a Shakespeare sonnet taught to him by his Anglophile uncle. ADJ • Anglophile is also a noun. He became a fanatical Anglophile. N-COUNT