Castrophile

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noun

A supporter or admirer, especially a foreign one, of Fidel Castro or the Castro regime.

Scrabble 18

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nounCastrophile (plural Castrophiles)

plural Castrophiles

  1. A supporter or admirer, especially a foreign one, of Fidel Castro or the Castro regime.

    When I started this journey, I was a Castrophile with a soft spot for the Revolution.

    2002, Christopher P. Baker, Mi moto Fidel: motorcycling through Castro's Cuba, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, page 275
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    It remains to be seen whether the United States Government holds to these conditions in political crises (especially if there is a danger of a Castrophile Government appearing);

    1962 June, Dudley Seers, “A Theory of Inflation and Growth in Under-Developed Economies Based on the Experience of Latin America”, in Oxford Economic Papers, volume 14, number 2, page 189

    Ed Butler remembers that "he was a total Castrophile. He wanted to promote Fidel Castro and did everything that he could in the debate, prior to it, and afterward."

    1998, Gus Russo, Live by the sword: the secret war against Castro and the death of JFK, Bancroft Press, →ISBN, page 202

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