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plural Janeites
(usually derogatory) A fan of the author Jane Austen, especially one without a background in literary criticism. quotations examples
“Every dam' thing about Jane [Austen] is remarkable to a pukka Janeite!”
1924, Rudyard Kipling, The Janeites
Unlike virtually all academic readers of Austen since the 1950s, Janeites in foxholes do not think Austen's novels are about courtship and marriage.
2010, Edward Copeland, Juliet McMaster, The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen, page 236
The 'regulated hatred' angle will work a treat. After all, Janeites don't want to hear about that sort of thing, because it's the opposite of what they adore in their heroine's writing.
2012, Henry Hitchings, “How to flummox a Janeite”, in Who's Afraid of Jane Austen: How to Talk About Books You Haven't Really Read