"claustrophile" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: claustrophiles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} claustrophile (plural claustrophiles)
  1. A person who has the condition of claustrophilia, a love of closed-in spaces. Categories (topical): People Derived forms: claustrophilia

Inflected forms

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