n. A cat lover.
The world dates to the 1930’s and comes from the Greek ailuros meaning “cat” + -phile from the Greek philos meaning “loving”.
Usage of the word according to the Google Books Ngram Viewer:
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/english/-phile
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/english/ailurophile
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