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Germanophobe

Germanophobe noun: someone who dislikes or fears Germany, the German people or their culture.

Noun

Germanophobe (plural Germanophobes)

  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 denials1931, Wilhelm Mattenklodt, Fugitive in the jungle, page 288
    • Vansittart has long been portrayed as a vehement, if not violent, Germanophobe, the leading member of a like-minded circle of Foreign Office advisers.1997, Michael Lawrence Roi, Alternative to Appeasement, page 9
    Synonyms:
    Teutophobe
    Antonyms:
    Germanophile

Adjective

Germanophobe (not comparable)

  1. Anti-German; Germanophobic.
    • 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...1938, George Peabody Gooch, Harold William Vazeille Temperley, British Documents on the Origins of the War, 1898-1914
    • Naturally, the always Germanophobe “Times", Germanophobe by its own open admission, would not want justice done but injustice perpetuated so long as it serves the policies of No. 10 Downing Street and the Sanhedrin.1952, Americanism Betrayed: Fact Vs. Fiction, page 13

Synonyms of Germanophobe

Antonyms

Forms of Germanophobe

pluralGermanophobes

Origin of Germanophobe

From German + -o- + -phobe.

Questions about Germanophobe

What does Germanophobe mean?
Germanophobe means someone who dislikes or fears Germany, the German people or their culture.
What part of speech is Germanophobe?
Germanophobe can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of Germanophobe?
The plural of Germanophobe is Germanophobes.

Words near Germanophobe in the dictionary

  1. germanophiles
  2. germanophilia
  3. germanophilias
  4. Germanophilist
  5. Germanophilists
  6. Germanophobe
  7. Germanophobes
  8. germanophobia
  9. germanophobic
  10. Germanophobist
  11. Germanophobists

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