phile

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of pedophile.

Noun

phile (plural philes)

  1. (slang) A pedophile.
    Release the files, not the philes!

Etymology 2

Nominalization of -phile.

Noun

phile (plural philes)

  1. A lover (of something).
    This is a list of over 15 different types of philes.
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