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Hugophile
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English
Etymology
en fr hugophile, equivalent to en Hugo -phile.
Noun
An admirer of French writer Victor Hugo (1802–1885).
en 2005 Peacocks and pearls: Oscar Wilde and Sarah Bernhardt John Stokes The French Actress and Her English Audience Cambridge w:Cambridge University Press 0521843006 9E1H5NN5ttkC 143 Hugophile But when Wilde did finally get to visit his idol's home (Swinburne, another Hugophile had been a recent visitor) Hugo promptly fell asleep.16 He was, after all, quite ancient: eighty-one.
Related terms
en Hugolater Hugolatry
en eponyms