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hoplophobes

hoplophobes is the plural of hoplophobe.

Meaning of hoplophobe

Noun

hoplophobe (plural hoplophobes)

  1. (derogatory, rare) Someone who has an irrational fear of guns.
    • To return to guns, one of the most avid hoplophobe senators issued a list of nations which did not lose too many of its citizens through villainous saltpeter. England featured, and so did other lands like Japan, where murder is rare except with cold steel.1977, John Wood Campbell, editor, Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, volume 83, number 4, Davis Publications, page 171

Questions about hoplophobes

What is hoplophobes the plural of?
Hoplophobes is the plural of hoplophobe.

Words near hoplophobes in the dictionary

  1. hoplophilia
  2. hoplophiliac
  3. hoplophiliacs
  4. hoplophilic
  5. hoplophobe
  6. hoplophobes
  7. hoplophobia
  8. hoplophobic
  9. hoplopleurid
  10. hoplopleurids
  11. hoplos

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