ententophilententophileadj.n.
/ɑ̃ˈtɑ̃ːtəʊfɪl//ɑ̃ˈtɑ̃ːtəʊfʌɪl/ A. adj.
Friendly to a particular entente.
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ententist1915
ententophil1920
1920 Glasgow Herald 9 May 9 (Greece) A Government formed with the least possible delay should declare itself ententophile.
1920 Glasgow Herald 15 June 7 Signor Meda is the most Ententophile, or the least Germanophile, personality of the ‘Popular Party’.
B. n.
One who is friendly to a particular entente; (also) partiality towards entente.
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1920 Glasgow Herald 14 Oct. 6 M. Take Jonescu,..the staunchest Ententophile in Eastern Europe.
1920 19th Cent. Nov. 793 Seven of their ships..by an act of Ententophil..took refuge in Italian ports.
1932 R. H. B. Lockhart Mem. Brit. Agent IV. iii. 231 Trotsky was not to be placated... ‘While your fools of spies are trying to prove that I am a German agent, my friends down there..are calling me an Ententophile.’
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adj.n.1920