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hoplophobe

hoplophobe

English

Noun

hoplophobe (plural hoplophobes)

  1. (rare) Someone suffering from hoplophobia.
    • 1977: John Wood Campbell [ed.], Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, volume 83, issue 4, page 171 (Davis Publications)
      To return to guns, one of the most avid hoplophobe senators issued a list of nations which did not lose too many of its citizens through villainous saltpeter. England featured, and so did other lands like Japan, where murder is rare except with cold steel.