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Germanophile

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

noun

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


Germanophile British  
/ dʒɜːˌmænəˈfɪlɪə, dʒɜːˈmænəˌfaɪl /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of Germanophile

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

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

From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2020

Sauvagnargues is a confessed Germanophile who was very popular in Bonn.

From Time Magazine Archive

The outcome of the election was viewed as an end of Belgian Francophile policy and the beginning of a Germanophile one.

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

In 1895 there were some five hundred German periodicals published in America, and many of the newer ones were rabidly Germanophile.

From Our Foreigners A Chronicle of Americans in the Making by Orth, Samuel Peter

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