Anglophile
noun
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Even after fighting two wars against Britain, Americans continued to regard England with more fondness than perhaps any other country. For much of our history, Americans have sought to imitate the British in any number of ways—American movie stars even used to adopt British accents—and the two countries have long been close allies. But Britain isn't the only country Americans fall in love with; Francophiles (France-lovers), Germanophiles (Germany-lovers), and Italophiles (Italy-lovers) are also common. In the 19th century, Russian Slavophiles called for rejecting European culture in favor of homegrown Russian culture (Slavs being those who speak a Slavic language such as Russian or Polish). Occasionally phil- words are turned around; thus, someone who is philosemitic is a lover of Jewish culture.
Examples of Anglophile in a Sentence
Jason Bailey, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
My wife has just published an article about a quarrel between Voltaire and the Italian Anglophile Giuseppe Baretti, a close friend of Samuel Johnson.
—Tim Parks, Harpers Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
Royal Afternoon Tea with Darren McGrady, who was the private chef for Princess Diana, brought out the Anglophile in me.
—Essence, 30 Oct. 2024
The luggage and leather accessories brand was founded in 1975 in Connecticut by Marley Hodgson, an American Anglophile who’d purchased a leather bag at an antiques auction.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 15 July 2024
The trip also marks a sentimental return to Britain for the 64-year-old Anglophile Emperor, who attended the University of Oxford as a fellow researching the history of transportation on the Thames.
—Armani Syed, TIME, 25 June 2024
A bit of an Anglophile here, which is interesting, and which gives me a rationale for narrowing my choice.
—John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2022
Louisa Edwards delivers every Anglophile’s fantasy of meeting the British movie star of one’s dreams and falling irrevocably into a whirlwind love affair.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2020
His landslide victory credited the dignity of shopkeepers and invited India’s Anglophile elite to re-examine its Brahmanical prejudices.
—Gurcharan Das, Foreign Affairs, 11 Apr. 2019
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“Anglophile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Anglophile. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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