caninophile

English

Etymology

From canine +‎ -o- +‎ -phile.

Noun

caninophile (plural caninophiles)

1. Someone who loves dogs.
   • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 930:

     What was the name of her father, the old banker who made love to his dog and wintered in Portugal – a caninophile, gone in the tooth, gone in the wind?

   • 2005, Jeffrey Miller, Murder's Out of Tune, ECW Press:

     Of course Justice Mariner is something of a caninophile himself, never mind that Stong, his idiot golden retriever, is now in Penny Mariner's sole custody and I am actually the loyal companion animal […]

   • 2010, Simon Winchester, “Speciality of the House”, in A Moveable Feast, Lonely Planet, published 2010, page 191:

     I am as much of a caninophile as the next Englishman. I had a beagle at the time, name of Biggles, and I adored him as if he were my own child, almost.

Translations

someone who loves dogs

• Azerbaijani: itbaz