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anglophile

 [ang-gluh-fahyl, -fil]   Origin

An·glo·phile

   [ang-gluh-fahyl, -fil]
noun
a person who is friendly to or admires England or English customs, institutions, etc.
Also, An·glo·phil  [ang-gluh-fil] .

Origin:
1865–70; Anglo- + -phile

Related forms
An·glo·phil·ism, noun
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Anglophile is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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Anglophile or Anglophil (ˈæŋɡləʊfɪl, -ˌfaɪl)
 
—n
1.  a person having admiration for England or the English
 
—adj
2.  marked by or possessing such admiration
 
Anglophil or Anglophil
 
—n
 
—adj
 
Anglophilia or Anglophil
 
—n
 
Anglophiliac or Anglophil
 
—adj
 
Anglophilic or Anglophil
 
—adj

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Anglophile
1867, from Anglo- (see Anglo-Saxon) + -phile.
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