arctophile

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A young arctophile with a teddy bear.

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    Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄρκτος (árktos, bear) + English -phile.[1]

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    arctophile (plural arctophiles)

    1. One who has a fondness for teddy bears, usually a collector of them. [from 1960s]
      • 1969 October 15, Gillian Tindall, “The bear facts”, in The Guardian (Woman’s Guardian section), London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7, column 2, “Love letters”:
        On the other hand I am appalled by the ways these "arctophiles" seem to feel for their childhood friends not an informed, reminiscent emotion, but exactly what they felt at 6 with no development at all.
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    Etymology

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      Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄρκτος (árktos, bear) + -phile.

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      arctophile m or f by sense (plural arctophiles)

      1. arctophile (one who has a fondness for teddy bears)

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