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Anglophile¹

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From Anglo- + -phile, probably partly after French anglophile.

noun Anglophiles · anglophile · Anglophil

  1. A person who loves or admires the country, culture or people of England.
  2. broadly A person who loves or admires the country, culture or people of the United Kingdom.

    Similar: teaboo

Opposite: Anglophobe

adjective anglophile · Anglophil

  1. not comparable English loving; admiring English culture. Sultan Mansor became Anglophile, wore tweeds even in his own palace, was graciously received by Queen Victoria, adopted as his state anthem a Mendelssohnian salon piece composed by the late Prince Consort[.]
  2. broadly, not comparable British-loving; admiring British culture.

anglophile²

noun anglophiles

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Anglophile

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noun

Opposite: Anglophobe

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noun person who loves or admires the country, culture or people of England

Españolanglófilo
Portuguêsanglófilo, anglófila
Françaisanglophile
DeutschAnglophiler, Anglophile, Englandfreund, Englandfreundin, Englandliebhaber, Englandliebhaberin
Ελληνικάαγγλόφιλος anglófilos, αγγλόφιλη anglófili
Русскийанглофи́л anglofíl

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@misc{anglophile_2026,
  title = {anglophile},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/anglophile},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}