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Potterphile
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English
Etymology
From en Potter phile.
Noun
One who loves the Harry Potter series of books and films.
en Children's Books: Just Wild About Harry Potter http://www.businessweek.com/stories/1999-08-08/childrens-books-just-wild-about-harry-potter Businessweek 8 August 1999 Advance orders for the newest installment, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, which won't be in U.S. stores until September, have reached 920,000, though impatient Potterphiles are ordering it from Britain via Amazon.com.
en Ann Hornaday Harry-Raising Adventure http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2004/06/04/AR2005033112989.html The Washington Post 4 June 2004 In the interest of full disclosure, let it be said: This reviewer is not a Potterphile, has never cracked a Potter book or darkened the door of a theater playing one of the Potter movies.
en Eric Nelson What Harry Potter taught me about evil http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Articles-on-Christian-Science/2011/1006/What-Harry-Potter-taught-me-about-evil The Christian Science Monitor 6 October 2011 As every Potterphile knows, there comes a time in Book Seven when Harry has to choose between two courses of action in his quest to deal with the evil Lord Voldemort.
Synonyms
en Potterhead, en Potterholic, en Potterite, en Pottermaniac
en eponyms
en Fans (people) Harry Potter