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- noun a lover of the
United States and/or their way of life
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Examples
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But then Ireland became rich—a development on paper that far exceeded the reality—brashly and imprudently capitalist, and extremely Americophile.
Ireland Needs Merkel to Get Its Message Paul Hannon 2011
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Too much of a meddler, uninspiring and lacking in a coherent vision (only someone generally agreed to be an Americophile could be so anti-American?)
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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I have always been an Americophile, or at least from the moment, at a very early age, when I received a postcard of the Empire State Building from my father, who was on a business trip to New York.
The Election and America's Future Appiah, Kwame Anthony 2004
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Hitchcock was also an avid reader and happily described himself as an Americophile, and when the film industry really began to blossom he was most impressed by the American studios and production techniques, which he felt were superior to what was being done in Europe at the time.
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Except we didn't call it high school, of course, we just called it "school," and that is because we were not in America, we were in England. consummate Americophile that I am --- longed to be in America, and so I made everything around me as American as I could.
Nothing But Bonfires - You say tomato, I say you're saying it wrong 2008
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Even I, a chicken-hearted Americophile, get caught in the net as a potential terrorist and am interrogated for hours at airports.
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