catophile

plural catophiles

1. informalOne who is extremely fond of cats.

   Wycliffe, an incurable catophile, stooped to stroke the cat but Kemp stopped him.

   1996, W. J. Burley, Wycliffe and the House of Fear, page 28

   2 more examples

   Nobody can love Dickens and Thackeray equally well. The catophile will inevitably choose Thackeray, and prefer Baudelaire to either. On a le sens de chat, ou on ne l'a pas.

   1922 September, “The Race of Tom”, in The Atlantic Monthly, page 424

   Once someone becomes a confirmed catophile, he can rarely resist the pleasure of owning a cat again.

   1969, Ann Currah, editor, The Cat Compendium, page 65

   Synonyms: ailurophile, cataholic, catlover