germanophone

1. not comparableAlternative letter-case form of Germanophone.

plural germanophones

1. Alternative letter-case form of Germanophone.

comparative more Germanophone · superlative most Germanophone · alternative germanophone

1. German-speaking.

   The Allies conquered Germany's overseas dependencies, and thereby helped to prevent the emergence of a Germanophone Africa, tied by language, commerce and administrative tradition to Central Europe.

   1975, Lewis H. Gann, “Economic development in Germany's African empire, 1884–1914”, in Peter Duignan, Lewis H. Gann, editors, Colonialism in Africa 1870–1960, Volume Four: The Economics of Colonialism, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →OL, page 252

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   Indeed he could do it well enough for him to act as liaison interpreter between his Francophone grandparents and the Germanophone family cook, asking the latter to fetch milk, light the lamp, etc., for the former.

   1978 October 1, Language Interpretation and Communication, volume 1977, Plenum Press, →ISBN, →OL, page 164

   Synonyms: Teutonophone, Teutophone

plural Germanophones · alternative germanophone

1. A speaker of the German language.

   Synonyms: Teutonophone, Teutophone