Germanophilen.adj.

1876 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Daily Sentinel 13 Apr. 4/5 Russian optimists and Germanophiles vainly point to the bond of friendship uniting Russia and Germany.

1880 E. Herries Mem. J. C. Herries I. iii. 103 The person addressed..was believed to be what in the jargon of the present day would be called a Prussophil, or, more correctly perhaps, a Germanophil.

1911 Q. Rev. July 254 The editor of one of the greatest Russian newspapers, who is at one time a strong Germanophil, and at another an equally strong Germanophobe.

1946 R. Capell Simiomata iii. 204 The second prime minister of the occupation..was..a convinced Greek Germanophil.

1961 Guardian 29 Sept. 6/4 The irrationalism and anti~rationalism of the Germanophiles.

2009 Wire Jan. 57/1 These tracks feature guest rappers, not all of whom are dedicated Germanophiles.

1882 S. L. Simeon tr. V. Tissot Russians & Germans 259 The Messenger of Europe, a Russian Germanophile review, adversary of the war party, published in August 1878 an article in which it stated that the treaty of Berlin..was a check to Russia.

1906 Outlook 15 Sept. 338/2 Those whom the Deutsche Revue describes as ‘very Germanophil Ministers’.

1993 J. Merrill Different Person xvi. 193 Graz..was an interesting compromise, a small, abashedly Germanophile city staggering back to peacetime, with its own university and an unbombed opera house.