Crossword clues for anglophile
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
anglophile \anglophile\ n. 1. 1 an admirer of England and things English.
Syn: anglophil
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1864, in reference to France, from Anglo- + -phile. Both Anglomania (1787) and Anglophobia (1793) are first attested in writings of Thomas Jefferson.
Wiktionary
n. (alternative case form of Anglophile English)
WordNet
n. an admirer of England and things English [syn: anglophil]
Wikipedia
An Anglophile is a person who admires England, its people, and its culture. Its antonym is Anglophobe. The word's roots come from the Latin Angli "the English", and Ancient Greek φίλος - philos, "friend."
The word Anglophile was first published in 1864 by Charles Dickens in All the Year Round, when he described the Revue des deux Mondes as "an advanced and somewhat 'Anglophile' publication."
Though Anglophile in the strict sense refers to an affinity for the things, people, places and culture of England, it is sometimes used to refer to an affinity for the same attributes of the British Isles more generally; though the rarely used word Britophile is a more accurate term.
Usage examples of "anglophile".
Norman had only driven through the French Shorefew Anglophiles are at home thereand so Bert was the only Acadian he had ever met.
On one side was an article proving that the Red Army was no good, on the other a write-up of that gallant sailor and well-known anglophile, Admiral Darlan91.
Because you seem to love everything English, and I guess buying this letter is how a rich Anglophile would funnel those energies and emotions.
Now, in addition to Emma and Kenny, Shelby Traveler was also a part owner of the old school, a surprise birthday present from Warren for his Anglophile wife.
He was a strange guy, an anglophile brought up in gentry Virginia, about whom I know almost nothing.
Recruited into the service while at Oxford on a Rhodes scholarship, he'd become a dedicated Anglophile who'd served in many European stations before taking over as Deputy Controller of the European Economics desk, which later became the Economics Intelligence Committee and was now Bret's private empire.