Romanophile

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who has a love of Ancient Rome.

    "Coerced British workers had to have built the grand buildings and roads that so impressed later Romanophiles."

  2. 2
    One who has a love of Romania.

    "Its first prelate was the Ukrainian-born Bukovinian Romanophile and avid promoter of all things Romanian, Metropolitan Nectari Kotlearciuc […]"

  3. 3
    One who has a love of the Roma people.

    "George Borrow (1803-1881) has stood as the acknowledged source of inspiration for countless Romanophiles (as well as Romanophobes) ever since his literary heyday in the 19th century; in fact Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald saw himself as quite "unfashionable" (1944:x) because he was one of the few who didn't make his "first acquaintance with [Gypsies] in the pages of George Borrow"."

Example

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"Coerced British workers had to have built the grand buildings and roads that so impressed later Romanophiles."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Romano- (“Rome”) + -phile.

Etymology 2

From Romano- (“Romania”) + -phile.

Etymology 3

From Romano- (“Romani”) + -phile.

Related phrases

ancient rome

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