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arctophiles

arctophiles is the plural of arctophile.

Meaning of arctophile

Noun

arctophile (plural arctophiles)

  1. One who has a fondness for teddy bears, usually a collector of them.
    • On the other hand I am appalled by the ways these "arctophiles" seem to feel for their childhood friends not an informed, reminiscent emotion, but exactly what they felt at 6 with no development at all.1969 October 15, Gillian Tindall, “The bear facts”, in The Guardian (Woman’s Guardian section), London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7, column 2, “Love letters”

Questions about arctophiles

What is arctophiles the plural of?
Arctophiles is the plural of arctophile.

Words near arctophiles in the dictionary

  1. arctometatarsal
  2. arctometatarsalian
  3. arctometatarsals
  4. arctometatarsus
  5. arctophile
  6. arctophiles
  7. arctophilia
  8. arctophilist
  9. arctophilists
  10. arctophily
  11. arctostylopid

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