Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who is possessed by a mania for all that is English.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One affected with Anglomania.
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Examples
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Evgenie and Prince N., suddenly the old anglomaniac, who was talking to the dignitary in another corner of the room, apparently telling him a story about something or other -- suddenly this gentleman pronounced the name of "Nicolai Andreevitch Pavlicheff" aloud.
The Idiot Fyodor Dostoyevsky 1851
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WHILE he feasted his eyes upon Aglaya, as she talked merrily with Evgenie and Prince N., suddenly the old anglomaniac, who was talking to the dignitary in another corner of the room, apparently telling him a story about something or other — suddenly this gentleman pronounced the name of “Nicolai Andreevitch
The Idiot 2002
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