Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

xenophile

[zen-uh-fahyl, zee-nuh-]
See more synonyms for xenophile on Thesaurus.com
noun
  1. a person who is attracted to foreign peoples, cultures, or customs.
Show More

Origin of xenophile

First recorded in 1945–50; xeno- + -phile
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
British Dictionary definitions for xenophile

xenophile

noun
  1. a person who likes foreigners or things foreign
Show More

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

Word Origin and History for xenophile

nj.

1922, from xeno- "foreign, strange" + -phile.

Show More
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper