Definition of Anglophil

1. Noun. An admirer of England and things English.

Exact synonyms: Anglophile
Generic synonyms: Admirer, Booster, Champion, Friend, Protagonist, Supporter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anglophil

anglicize
anglicized
anglicizes
anglicizing
anglified
anglifies
anglify
angling
anglings
anglist
anglists
anglo
anglo-saxondom
anglomania
anglomaniac
anglophil (current term)
anglophile
anglophobe
anglophobia
anglophone
anglos
angola
angola pea
angolar
angon
angor
angor animi
angor pectoris
angora
angoras

Literary usage of Anglophil

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. On Blendings of Synonymous Or Cognate Expressions in English: A Contribution by Gustaf Adolf Bergström (1906)
"See anglophil 172; KOCH § 280—281. It is a common occurrence (exemplified from German by PAUL) that ... I do not doubt but that he will come (anglophil 99. ..."

2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1894)
"to entice the anglophil Welshmen into reading Welsh.' With this object he began to issue in parts ' Tlysau yr Hen Oesoedd,' but soon had to abandon the ..."

3. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1909)
"He was ordered not to unbosom himself to Fleury, as being opportunist if not Orleanist, nor to Morville, Minister for Foreign Affairs, as being anglophil. ..."

4. The English Historical Review by Mandell Creighton, Justin Winsor, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Reginald Lane Poole, John Goronwy Edwards (1905)
"By the side of the negotiation that had been formally opened with Spain (where under the new sovereign, Charles III, Wall's anglophil policy was no longer ..."

5. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"There are anglophil Societies at Santiago. Valparaiso and Concepción. BRITISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN THE REPUBLIC OF CHILE. Calle Bandera aa7 (Piso 4Ji ..."

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