"Potterholic" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Potterholics [plural]
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Head templates: {{en-noun}} Potterholic (plural Potterholics)
  1. (informal) One who loves the Harry Potter series of books and films. Tags: informal Synonyms: Potterhead, Potterite, Pottermaniac, Potterphile

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\"term\" : \"Potterholic\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"Potterholic\">\nFrom Potter + -holic.",
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          "ref": "2001 November 25, Charlie Fletcher, “Has Potter movie magic lost its spell?”, in Scotland on Sunday:",
          "text": "My eight-year-old, as die-hard a Potterholic as they come, a kid who can probably remember Hogwarts minutiae that even JK has forgotten, walked out of the multiplex and gave it a five out of 10.",
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          "ref": "2008, Melissa Anelli, Harry, A History, Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 103:",
          "text": "By the time the doors were ready to open, the Potterholics had managed to transform the bland room, with its gray-knotted carpet and vaulted ceiling, into a dark and chapelesque space, hung with streamers and Hogwarts house banners, and a looped clip of floating candles from the Harry Potter movies playing on the wall.",
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          "ref": "2010, Sangeetha Alagappan, “Casting a spell over Bahrain”, in Gulf Weekly, Volume 9, Issue 47, 24 November - 30 November 2010:",
          "text": "As a 'Potterholic' myself, clad in a Gryffindor scarf, wand tucked into my front pocket, armed with the first and best tickets for the first showing, I waited impatiently for the movie to begin.",
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      "word": "Potterhead"
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