Anglophile

[ ang-gluh-fahyl, -fil ]

/ ˈæŋ gləˌfaɪl, -fɪl /

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noun

a person who is friendly to or admires England or English customs, institutions, etc.

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Also An·glo·phil

[ang-gluh-fil]. /ˈæŋ glə fɪl/.

Origin of Anglophile

First recorded in 1865–70; Anglo- + -phile

OTHER WORDS FROM Anglophile

An·glo·phil·ism, noun

Words nearby Anglophile

Anglo-Indian, Anglo-Irish, Anglo-Latin, Anglomania, Anglo-Norman, Anglophile, Anglophilia, Anglophobe, Anglophobia, Anglophone, Anglo-Saxon

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How to use Anglophile in a sentence

Primarily because the way most of us in the west and Anglophile world view the history of the Great War is from the winning side.
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Before they became Indian nationalists, the Nehrus were anglophile to the bone.
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His idea was eventually taken up by the Anglophile sports nut, Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
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The California Anglophile spent days before this trip poring over British gossip blogs to identify the hottest royal hangouts.
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The founder, Motilal Nehru, an Anglophile barrister, was a liberal member of the Indian nationalist movement.
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Three of these were Anglophile like himself, and the work seemed not only vitally necessary but promising.
Talleyrand|Joseph McCabe
I should say the same had it been Anglophile or Francophile.
Idling in Italy|Joseph Collins
Anglophile, too, and always ate porridge for breakfast—up till August 1914.
Mortal Coils|Aldous Huxley
Both Tisza and the Austrian society showed strong symptoms of an Anglophile leaning.
Albert Ballin|Bernhard Huldermann
He is an Anglophile, and was determined after the war to go to England in order to discover the secret of her greatness.
The Luck of Thirteen|Jan Gordon

British Dictionary definitions for Anglophile

Anglophile

Anglophil

/ (ˈæŋɡləʊfɪl, -ˌfaɪl) /

noun

a person having admiration for England or the English

adjective

marked by or possessing such admiration

Derived forms of Anglophile

Anglophilia (ˌæŋɡləʊˈfɪlɪə), nounAnglophiliac (ˌæŋɡləʊˈfɪlɪˌæk) or Anglophilic (ˌæŋɡləʊˈfɪlɪk), adjective

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