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androphiles

androphiles is the plural of androphile.

Meaning of androphile

Noun

androphile (plural androphiles)

  1. One who is attracted to masculinity or to men.
    • According to the age of the attracting person homosexuals are divisible into ephebophiles (lovers of youths, 14-21), androphiles (grown men up to the period of old age),[…] The corresponding divisions in women are parthenophiles (lovers of young women, virgins), gynecophiles (lovers of adult...1914, L. Pierce Clark, “A critical digest of some of the newer work upon homosexuality in man and woman”, in State Hospital Bulletin, volume VII, New York State Hospital Commission, page 352

Questions about androphiles

What is androphiles the plural of?
Androphiles is the plural of androphile.

Words near androphiles in the dictionary

  1. Androphagi
  2. androphagia
  3. androphagous
  4. androphagy
  5. androphile
  6. androphiles
  7. androphilia
  8. androphilic
  9. androphilous
  10. androphobe
  11. androphobia

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