noun
adj
Freq #123091
Meanings
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1
noun
a person who strongly admires England or British culture and customs
The anglophile filled his library with English novels and histories.
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2
adj
showing strong admiration for England or British culture
Her anglophile tastes extended from tea rituals to English landscape painting.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
1
noun
· a person who strongly...
Britain admirerEnglish enthusiast
2
adj
· showing strong admiration...
pro-British
Opposites
anglophobe
Word family
Derived forms
anglophiliaanglophilic
Related forms
anglophoneanglophobe
Etymology
Formed from Anglo-, referring to England or the English, and -phile, 'one who loves,' probably with influence from French anglophile. The noun came to denote an admirer of English or, more broadly, British culture.