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anglophilic

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An·glo·phile  (nggl-fl) also An·glo·phil (-fl)
n.
One who admires England, its people, and its culture.

Anglo·phile, Anglo·philic (nggl-flk) adj.
Anglo·phili·a (-fl-) n.
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Adj.1.Anglophilic - characterized by Anglophilia


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Sai's closeness with the cook draws the disapprobation of Sai's tutor, an anglophilic spinster, who opines, "It was important to draw the lines properly between classes or it harmed everyone on both sides of the great divide.
This meant rebelling against the routines, budgets and rituals of a variety of targets: the Protectorate government headed by the Governor; the kingdom of Buganda's administration with its inadequate chiefs and anglophilic playboy king; the Church of Uganda and CMS; the Catholic Church and White Fathers; Indians and other businessmen; and, generally, anyone who sought peaceful accommodations among races, classes, ethnicities, age groups, or political factions.
It's an adequate if musty list--and oddly Anglophilic, given Ravitch's reiterated if never explicated complaint about the foreign ownership of American textbook publishing.
 
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