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Germanophile
[ jer-man-uh-fahyl ]
noun
- a person who is friendly toward or admires or studies Germany or German culture.
Germanophile
/ dʒɜːˌmænəˈfɪlɪə; dʒɜːˈmænəˌfaɪl /
noun
- a person having admiration for or devotion to Germany and the Germans
Derived Forms
- Germanophilia, noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of Germanophile1
Example Sentences
Schenker, who was born in Galicia, part of the Austro-Hungarian empire, was an ardent cultural Germanophile and given to dyspeptic diatribes.
A chapter on early Black Wagnerians includes that ardent Germanophile, W.E.B.
Ed, a Germanophile, despises both the Brexiteers and Trump; the American president, he avers, “is presiding over the systematic no-holds-barred Nazification of the United States.”
“A Good German” relates the career of the ultraconservative 19th-century critic Wolfgang Menzel, who promulgated an intensely Germanophile literature that embraced xenophobia and racism.
On Saturday, that opera, “Cassandra” by the Italian Germanophile composer Vittorio Gnecchi, receives a rare performance when the plucky Teatro Grattacielo presents it in concert at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater.
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