Xenaphile

plural Xenaphiles

1. slanglifestyleA fan of the television series Xena: Warrior Princess.

   New York correspondent and Xenaphile Dan Scapperotti provides this issue's look behind-the-scenes at the making of the show, including an exclusive interview with New Zealand star Lucy Lawless.

   1999 May, Frederick S. Clarke, Cinefantastique, volume 31, number 5, Forest Park, IL: Frederick S. Clarke, →ISSN, page 3

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   […] but devout Xenaphiles end up squinting at blurry, freeze-framed images on their TV screens in hopes of finding out which mythological entity was not injured or otherwise inconvenienced this week.

   1998, Greg Cox, Battle On!: An Unauthorized, Irreverent Look at Xena: Warrior Princess, page 8

   In light of this inexplicit story line — what gay and straight Xenaphiles refer to casually as "the subtext" — the opening voice-over's weekly refrain, "In a time of ancient gods, warlords, and kings," begins to sound gendered.

   1998 April, Heather Findlay, “Xena-philia!”, in Girlfriends, volume 5, number 4, San Francisco: HAF Enterprises, →ISSN, page 29, column 1

   Synonyms: Xenite