Anglophobe

American  

[ang-gluh-fohb] / ˈæŋ gləˌfoʊb /

noun

1. a person who hates or fears England or anything English.

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Anglophobe British  

/ ˈæŋɡləʊˌfəʊb /

noun

1. a person who hates or fears England or its people

2. a person who hates or fears Canadian Anglophones

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Other Word Forms

• Anglophobia noun
• Anglophobic adjective

Etymology

Origin of Anglophobe

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

Explanation

An anglophobe is someone who deeply dislikes England or English people. If your friend refuses to buy a plane ticket to France because the flight stops in London on the way, it might be because she's an anglophobe. If you distrust someone purely because of his British accent, you're an anglophobe, and if you refuse to buy products made in England just because you hate the country, you're also an anglophobe. A British politician might accuse a Scot who favors independence from the UK of being an anglophobe. The word has two roots, the Latin angli, "the English," and the Greek phobia, or "a panicked fear of."

Example Sentences

When he has no arguments he loses his head and calls me Anglophobe.

From Economist • Oct. 19, 2012

Forecasting his mission, people called him "Lord Holy Fox" and quoted Anglophobe Quincy Howe: "England expects every American to do his duty."

From Time Magazine Archive

He is not an Anglophobe, as were most of the Irish Nationalists.

From Time Magazine Archive

Kashani has hated the British ever since they sentenced him to death for resisting their move into Iraq after World War I. Now Anglophobe Kashani denounced Hajir as a "British spy."

From Time Magazine Archive

The Anglophobe agitation was fierce while it lasted; but its artificiality is revealed by the passage just quoted.

From The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) by Rose, John Holland