hippophile
English
Etymology
hippo- + -phile
Noun
hippophile (plural hippophiles)
- A person who loves horses.
- 1887, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Our Hundred Days in Europe:
- I have not that vicious and demoralizing love of horse-flesh which makes it next to impossible to find a perfectly honest hippophile.
- 2012, Paul McGreevy, Equine Behavior: A Guide for Veterinarians and Equine Scientists:
- This book would not be a book for hippophiles without the oft-quoted adage 'no foot – no horse'.
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Synonyms
- equiphile
Antonyms
- hippophobe
Related terms
- hippophilia
- hippophilic
Translations
a person who loves horses
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References
- hippophile in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913