ailurophile

plural ailurophiles

1. A person with ailurophilia; a cat-lover.

   Alicia is not a serious ailurophile, however; she neglects Chestnut, and Chestnut knows it.

   2002, Carol Shields, Unless, page 195

   3 more examples

   He played the piano well, was an enthusiastic ailurophile, and persistently played solitaire while talking and writing.

   1971, E. F. Bleiler, “Introduction”, in Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Montague Rhodes James, page 4

   When the archbishop would send Philip on an assignment, he would leave the cat in the care of the archbishop, who apparently was not an ailurophile.

   2001, Woodeene Koenig-Bricker, Praying With the Saints: Making Their Prayers Your Own, page 192

   Your identity as an ailurophile (cat lover) is confirmed by cat hair on your clothes, but that is a distinction that most of us will gladly forfeit.

   2005, Dan Rice, Bengal Cats: Everything about Purchase, Care, Nutrition, Breeding, Health Care and Behavior, page 53

   Synonyms: cataholic, catlover, catophile, felophile, felinophile