Anglophobe

[ ang-gluh-fohb ]

/ ˈæŋ gləˌfoʊb /

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noun

a person who hates or fears England or anything English.

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Origin of Anglophobe

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

Words nearby Anglophobe

Anglo-Latin, Anglomania, Anglo-Norman, Anglophile, Anglophilia, Anglophobe, Anglophobia, Anglophone, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxonism, Anglosphere

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How to use Anglophobe in a sentence

Kevin Kline won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his hilarious turn as Otto, an Anglophobe crook, in this 1988 comedy.
Best Orgasms in Movies, in Honor of National Orgasm Day (VIDEO)|Marlow Stern|July 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He is a French secret agent—an Anglophobe to his finger-tips.
Spies of the Kaiser|William Le Queux
He was ever a fierce Anglophobe, and did his best to make up for the deficiencies of his early training.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5|Various
"Well, this is but an island, and a small one at that; consequently I won't let it worry me," soliloquizes the anglophobe.
East of Suez|Frederic Courtland Penfield

A book written by such a man cannot be set aside as the mere ravings of a Pan-Germanic Anglophobe.
The German War|Arthur Conan Doyle
The Anglophobe agitation was fierce while it lasted; but its artificiality is revealed by the passage just quoted.
The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.)|John Holland Rose

British Dictionary definitions for Anglophobe

Anglophobe

/ (ˈæŋɡləʊˌfəʊb) /

noun

a person who hates or fears England or its people

Canadian a person who hates or fears Canadian Anglophones

Derived forms of Anglophobe

Anglophobia, nounAnglophobic, adjective

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