francophonen.adj.

1900 tr. J. Deniker Races of Man xiii. 508 In Canada two-thirds of the white population are Anglophones, and the rest Francophones [Fr. Francophones].

1969 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 5 July 5/1 The study employs the terms anglophones, francophones and ‘others’ to denote respectively those who speak English, French or another language in their homes.

1971 Guardian 5 June 10/6 The 80 million Francophones on whom President Pompidou rests his case for linguistic parity.

1987 C. Gaffield Language, Schooling, & Cultural Conflict v. 134 He actively opposed such representation in 1878, when a francophone was actually nominated.

2004 Gazette (Montreal) 15 July a8 While deaf francophones in Ontario won the right to be taught in the Langue des signes québecoise, or LSQ. in 1993, Quebec has yet to recognize it as an official language, he said.

1943 Van Nuys (Calif.) News 8 Oct. 17/8 (advt.) Also French course Francophone Victor records, recorded in Europe.]

1962 Economist 29 Dec. 1280/2 The theoretically quadrilingual, but in practice largely Francophone, community.

1968 New Statesman 12 Jan. 33/3 It is not exactly France's fault..that the francophone African states are mostly vast in area but poor in population and in natural resources.

2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 26 Nov. 16/2 The new poet laureate of Canada is Pauline Michel. Every report of her appointment identifies her as the first francophone writer to hold the post.

1962 Economist 23 June 1192/1 The steady economic waltz of the general's francophonic clients.

2003 K. Kuitenbrouwer Way Up xii. 163 She had said she thought it would be interesting to see the northern part of France where Flemish, or rather a francophonic turn on Flemish, was spoken, especially since Christiaan's family had emigrated from Flanders in the 1950s.