Xenite

Xenite

English

Etymology

Xena +‎ -ite

Noun

Xenite (plural Xenites)

1. (fandom slang) A fan of the television series Xena: Warrior Princess.
   • 1999, Karen Kiss, letter printed in "Reader Forum", The Advocate, 30 March 1999, page 6:

     Thank you so much for the story on Xena. I'd read the article online (the Xenites had it transcribed in full before the ink was dry).

   • 2002, AJW, "How Xena Changed My Life", in How Xena Changed Our Lives: True Stories by Fans for Fans (ed. Nikki Stafford), page 3:

     Each Xenite has his or her own tale of why this show meant so much, and it's something I truly believe Lucy or Renee will never understand.

   • 2017, Liz Millward, Janice G. Dodd, & Irene Fubara-Manuel, Killing Off the Lesbians: A Symbolic Annihilation on Film and Television, page 141:

     […] she was in a Xena chatroom called The Pub when a Xenite in New York City invited her to come and visit.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Xenite.

Synonyms

• Xenaphile

Anagrams

• extein, extine