a. and sb. [f. FRANCO- + Gr. φίλος friend. A newspaper word.]
A. adj. Characterized by excessive friendliness to the French. B. sb. One who is so affected.
1889. Pall Mall G., 10 Jan., 6/2. The Francophil tendencies of the English Court.
1891. Blackw. Mag., CL. Oct., 478. The constant agitation of Irredentists, clericals and anti-clericals, Francophobes and Francophiles, and other parties, has been calculated to produce the impression that Italy was a house seriously divided against itself.
1891. Times, 15 Aug., 5/3. His admiring Francophile countrymen.
1893. Rev. Current Hist. (U.S.), III. 253. Attributed … to Francophile and Pan-slavist influences in St. Petersburg.
