Francophile
Americanadjective
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Shelly, who speaks in a heightened version of Anderson’s breathy coo, is a fellow Francophile.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2025
Plenty of Coucou’s comers don’t complete the course but continue showing up to group events like the Bastille Day party to remain part of a little Francophile community.
From Slate • Jul. 25, 2023
Jefferson was a renowned Francophile and, while spending time in Paris as the Minister to France from 1784 to 1789, grew to really love French cooking.
From Salon • Jul. 4, 2023
It turned out that a Francophile news aide named Joe, charged with compiling the list, had decided that their works should be bestsellers, and he made sure they were.
From Washington Post • Sep. 22, 2022
He exaggerated every Francophile tendency he saw in Saïd and cursed the French as heartily as ever Omar had done, forgetting that he himself was largely responsible for the inclinations he objected to.
From The Shadow of the East by Hull, E. M. (Edith Maude)
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