Germanophile

American  

[jer-man-uh-fahyl] / dʒərˈmæn əˌfaɪl /

noun

1. a person who is friendly toward or admires or studies Germany or German culture.

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Germanophile British  

/ dʒɜːˌmænəˈfɪlɪə, dʒɜːˈmænəˌfaɪl /

noun

1. a person having admiration for or devotion to Germany and the Germans

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Other Word Forms

• Germanophilia noun

Etymology

Origin of Germanophile

First recorded in 1860–65; Germano- + -phile

Example Sentences

A chapter on early Black Wagnerians includes that ardent Germanophile, W.E.B.

From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2020

Swiss newspapers reported that 100 ex-Senators and ex-Deputies had pledged P�tain full support, had followed their leader in denouncing Germanophile Pierre Laval.

From Time Magazine Archive

His old father, an exile in the ancestral home at Coburg, urged a Germanophile course.

From Time Magazine Archive

When the "China Incident" broke out, Yamashita fought in North China under the command of another Germanophile, General Count Juichi Terauchi.

From Time Magazine Archive

After the outbreak of war he left the department, and went to the Home Office, probably in consequence of criticism of him for his Germanophile leanings.

From Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 by Various