Claustrophobe
/ˈklɔstɹəˌfoʊb/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
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Noun
- 1 One who suffers from claustrophobia.
"She has never considered herself either a claustrophobe or an agoraphobe but, well, this was different. This was both fears together – the fear of wide-open spaces jammed shoulder to shoulder with angry people."
- 2 a person suffering from claustrophobia wordnet
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More examples"She has never considered herself either a claustrophobe or an agoraphobe but, well, this was different. This was both fears together – the fear of wide-open spaces jammed shoulder to shoulder with angry people."
Etymology
From Latin claustrum (“a shut-in place”), from claudō (“I shut, close; I imprison, confine”) + -phobe.