Xenaphile

English

Etymology

Xena +‎ -phile

Noun

Xenaphile (plural Xenaphiles)

1. (fandom slang) A fan of the television series Xena: Warrior Princess.
   • 1998, Greg Cox, Battle On!: An Unauthorized, Irreverent Look at Xena: Warrior Princess, page 8:

     […] but devout Xenaphiles end up squinting at blurry, freeze-framed images on their TV screens in hopes of finding out which mythological entity was not injured or otherwise inconvenienced this week.

   • 1998 April, Heather Findlay, “Xena-philia!”, in Girlfriends, page 29:

     In light of this inexplicit story line — what gay and straight Xenaphiles refer to casually as "the subtext" — the opening voice-over's weekly refrain, "In a time of ancient gods, warlords, and kings," begins to sound gendered.

   • 1999, Cinefantastique, volume 31, numbers 1-6, page 3:

     New York correspondent and Xenaphile Dan Scapperotti provides this issue's look behind-the-scenes at the making of the show, including an exclusive interview with New Zealand star Lucy Lawless.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Xenaphile.

Synonyms

• Xenite

Anagrams

• lexiphane