Anglophile

See also: anglophile

English

Alternative forms

• anglophile
• Anglophil (archaic)

Etymology

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

Noun

Anglophile (plural Anglophiles)

1. A person who loves or admires the country, culture or people of England. [from the 19th c.]
2. (by extension) A person who loves or admires the country, culture or people of the United Kingdom.

Synonyms

• teaboo (Twitter slang, often derogatory)

Antonyms

• Anglophobe

Related terms

• Anglophilia
• Anglophilic

Translations

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

• Catalan: anglòfil m, anglòfila f
• Danish: anglofil (da)
• Esperanto: anglamulo
• Finnish: anglofiili (fi)
• French: anglophile (fr) m or f
• Galician: anglófilo m, anglófila f
• Georgian: ანგლოფილი (anglopili)
• German: Anglophiler m, Anglophile f, Englandfreund m, Englandfreundin f, Englandliebhaber m, Englandliebhaberin f
• Greek: αγγλόφιλος (el) m (anglófilos), αγγλόφιλη f (anglófili)
• Persian: آنگلوفیل (fa) (ângelofil), انگلیسی‌دوست (engelisidust)
• Polish: anglofil (pl) m, angloman (pl) m
• Portuguese: anglófilo m, anglófila f
• Russian: англофи́л (ru) m (anglofíl)
• Serbo-Croatian: anglofil (sh) m
• Spanish: anglófilo (es)
• Swedish: anglofil (sv) c
• Volapük: (♂♀) Linglänilöfan, (♂) Linglänihilöfan, (♀) Linglänijilöfan

Adjective

Anglophile (not comparable)

1. English loving; admiring English culture.
   • 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 34:

     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. (by extension) British-loving; admiring British culture.

See also

• shoneen
• Thesaurus:xenophile