hippophile

English

Etymology

From hippo- +‎ -phile.

Noun

hippophile (plural hippophiles)

1. A person who loves horses.
   • 1887, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Our Hundred Days in Europe:

     I have not that vicious and demoralizing love of horse-flesh which makes it next to impossible to find a perfectly honest hippophile.

   • 2012, Paul McGreevy, Equine Behavior: A Guide for Veterinarians and Equine Scientists:

     This book would not be a book for hippophiles without the oft-quoted adage 'no foot – no horse'.

Synonyms

• equiphile

Antonyms

• hippophobe

Related terms

• hippomania
• hippophilia
• hippophilic

Translations

a person who loves horses

• Japanese: 馬好き (うまずき, uma zuki)

References

• “hippophile”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.