Germanophobe

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who dislikes or fears Germany, the German people or their culture.

    "Thereupon the Germanophobe interrupted me with wrathful remonstrances about our lies and denials"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Anti-German; Germanophobic. not-comparable

    "I interrupted the Baron in order to observe that my personal feelings could not be of any consequence but as a matter of fact I was not Germanophobe, I was Anglomane, it was natural that you should wish to know from your observer on the spot what was the feeling in France in regard to the critical state in which the negotiations between the French and German Governments then were."

Example

More examples

"Thereupon the Germanophobe interrupted me with wrathful remonstrances about our lies and denials"

Etymology

From German + -o- + -phobe.

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