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infracaninophile

infracaninophile noun: a person who loves or admires underdogs.

Noun

infracaninophile (plural infracaninophiles)

  1. (rare) A person who loves or admires underdogs.
    • But I do quarrel with those who under the guise of friendship for labor assume the role of infracaninophiles and then proceed to sabotage everything that means anything to labor.1940, Michael J. Bradley, National Labor Relations Act: hearings before the Special Committee to Investigate National Labor Relations Board, volume 29, page 7775
    • 'A lover of the upper-dog', as distinguished from today's infracaninophiles.1976, Samuel Krislov, Representative Bureaucracy, Prentice-Hall, page 46

Forms of infracaninophile

pluralinfracaninophiles

Origin of infracaninophile

Pseudo-Latinism, derived from infra- + canine + -phile. An early twentieth-century coinage by American writer Christopher Morley.

Questions about infracaninophile

What does infracaninophile mean?
Infracaninophile means a person who loves or admires underdogs.
What part of speech is infracaninophile?
Infracaninophile is a noun.
What is the plural of infracaninophile?
The plural of infracaninophile is infracaninophiles.

Words near infracaninophile in the dictionary

  1. infrabiological
  2. infrabony
  3. infrabranchial
  4. infrabuccal
  5. infracallosal
  6. infracaninophile
  7. infracaninophiles
  8. infracardiac
  9. infracarinal
  10. infracelestial
  11. infracentimetric

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