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Germanophobe
[ jer-man-uh-fohb ]
noun
- a person who hates or fears Germany, Germans, or German culture.
Germanophobe
/ ɜːˈæəˌəʊ /
noun
- a person who hates Germany or its people
Derived Forms
- ұˌԴˈDz, noun
Other Word Forms
- ұ·o·b· noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of Germanophobe1
Example Sentences
For, as every Germanophobe knows, Hitler was a Wagner fan.
Rebecca West, a Germanophobe British writer of the interwar period, called it “monstrous”.
Hitler's V�lkischer Beobachter: "The Germanophobe Ickes belongs to that group in the Washington Cabinet that . . . seeks to put Roosevelt in the foreground of their dark machinations."
I still hold to my view that Mr. Wilson made a real effort to maintain the observance of a strict neutrality; but the decisive factor was that he found himself, as a result of his efforts, in increasing measure in conflict with the overwhelming Germanophobe sentiment of the people, and continually exposed to the reproach put forward in the Eastern States that he was a pro-German.
The rules, as they stand, decreed that Lody had to be shot, but, if he could have received the treatment which brave men have a right to demand all the world over, I do not believe that even the most rabid Germanophobe would in his heart have been sorry.
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