Meanings
plural radiophiles
- Any radiophilic organism.
- One who loves radio (transmissions) or radios, or one who collects radios.
This handsome coffee-table book is a fine testament to how seriously the author took that assignment. If you’re a true radiophile too, you'll want to have a copy of it.
2007 August 1, Kieron Murphy, “The Radio of the Golden Age of Radio”, in IEEE Spectrum, archived from the original on 25 Mar 20231 more example
Dr. Wind, with the object of eliminating what he, a radiophile, termed “the static of personal relationship,” had his impregnable child tested psychometrically at the Institute by a couple of outsiders, young Dr. Stern and his smiling wife (I am Louis and this is Christina).
1957 March 7, Vladimir Nabokov, chapter 4.3, in Pnin, Heinemann, page 90
Origin
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