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[ ang-gluh-fahyl, -fil ] / ˈæŋ gləˌfaɪl, -fɪl /
nouna person who is friendly to or admires England or English customs, institutions, etc. Also An·glo·phil [ang-gluh-fil]. /ˈæŋ glə fɪl/. Origin of AnglophileFirst recorded in 1865–70; Anglo- + -phile OTHER WORDS FROM AnglophileAn·glo·phil·ism, nounWords nearby AnglophileAnglo-Indian, Anglo-Irish, Anglo-Latin, Anglomania, Anglo-Norman, Anglophile, Anglophilia, Anglophobe, Anglophobia, Anglophone, Anglo-Saxon Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for AnglophilePrimarily because the way most of us in the west and Anglophile world view the history of the Great War is from the winning side. How WWI Produced the Holocaust|J.P. O’Malley|November 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST Before they became Indian nationalists, the Nehrus were anglophile to the bone. Hold Onto Your Penis|David Frum, Justin Green|November 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST His idea was eventually taken up by the Anglophile sports nut, Baron Pierre de Coubertin. Olympics Kickoff: Boris Johnson on London’s Sporty Side|Boris Johnson|July 27, 2012|DAILY BEAST The California Anglophile spent days before this trip poring over British gossip blogs to identify the hottest royal hangouts. Invasion of the Harry Hunters|McKay Coppins|March 21, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The founder, Motilal Nehru, an Anglophile barrister, was a liberal member of the Indian nationalist movement. The Unstoppable Gandhi|Aravind Adiga|April 23, 2009|DAILY BEAST 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 Anglophile, too, and always ate porridge for breakfast—up till August 1914. Mortal Coils|Aldous Huxley Three of these were Anglophile like himself, and the work seemed not only vitally necessary but promising. Both Tisza and the Austrian society showed strong symptoms of an Anglophile leaning. Albert Ballin|Bernhard Huldermann I should say the same had it been Anglophile or Francophile. Idling in Italy|Joseph Collins
British Dictionary definitions for Anglophile
nouna person having admiration for England or the English adjectivemarked by or possessing such admiration Derived forms of AnglophileAnglophilia (ˌæŋɡləʊˈfɪlɪə), nounAnglophiliac (ˌæŋɡləʊˈfɪlɪˌæk) or Anglophilic (ˌæŋɡləʊˈfɪlɪk), adjectiveCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |