Definition of Phobist

1. someone with a phobia [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phobist

phlyctenular pannus
phlyctenule
phlyctenulosis
pho
phobanthropy
phobia
phobias
phobic
phobic disorder
phobic disorders
phobic neurosis
phobically
phobics
phobism
phobisms
phobist (current term)
phobists
phobiæ
phobophobia
phobosophy
phoca
phocacean
phocaceans
phocae
phocal
phocas
phocenic
phocenic acid
phocenin
phocid

Literary usage of Phobist

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

1. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1854)
"A GOOD genuine French Anglo-phobist must be a curiosity. ... M. Louis Reybaud recommended this ardent Anglo-phobist, we believe ..."

2. Journal of the Statistical Society of London by Statistical Society (Great Britain) (1866)
"The preceding condensed view of the combatant force of the French and English navies should satisfy the most nervous Franco- phobist that neither the past ..."

3. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1896)
"... he frequently spoke on the subject of the Russian advance in Central Asia, and he became generally known as the leader of the Russo- phobist school. ..."

4. Russia in Asia: A Record and a Study, 1558-1899 by Alexis Sidney Krausse (1900)
"At present there is an uneasiness about Merv, and the Russo- phobist party are using all their efforts to show either that the Russians must not be allowed ..."

5. Publications of the Buffalo Historical Society by Buffalo Historical Society (1915)
"That came about in this way: Mr. Haskins, who was a "philosopher" and a scholar, was whait was called in those days an Anglo-phobist. ..."

6. The Canada Law Journalby Law Society of Upper Canada, William S. Hein & Company, Canadian Bar Association by Law Society of Upper Canada, William S. Hein & Company, Canadian Bar Association (1874)
"Even leading papers in the interest of the present administration at Washington, denounced the nomination of this Anglo- phobist, saying that "a great ..."

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