Anglophile
See also: anglophile
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Noun edit
Anglophile (plural Anglophiles)
- A person who loves or admires the country, culture or people of England. [from the 19th c.]
- (by extension) A person who loves or admires the country, culture or people of the United Kingdom.
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- teaboo (Twitter slang, often derogatory)
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person who loves or admires the country, culture or people of England
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Adjective edit
Anglophile (not comparable)
- English loving; admiring English culture.
- 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 34:
- Sultan Mansor became Anglophile, wore tweeds even in his own palace, was graciously received by Queen Victoria, adopted as his state anthem a Mendelssohnian salon piece composed by the late Prince Consort[.]
- (by extension) British loving; admiring British culture.