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xenophile
[
zen
-
uh
-fahyl,
zee
-n
uh
-]
/ˈzɛn əˌfaɪl, ˈzi nə-/
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noun
1.
a person who is attracted to foreign peoples, cultures, or customs.
Origin of
xenophile
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1945-1950
First recorded in
1945-50;
xeno-
+
-phile
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British Dictionary definitions for
xenophile
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xenophile
/
ˈzɛnəˌfaɪl
/
noun
1.
a person who likes foreigners or things foreign
Word Origin
C19: from Greek, from
xeno-
+
-phile
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word Origin and History for
xenophile
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nj.
1922, from
xeno-
"foreign, strange" +
-phile
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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xenophile
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