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  • noun Plural form of francophile.

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Examples

  • Few English speakers, even us francophiles who know "mangeoir", make the connection of the word "manger" to the brutish reality of the feeding trough in the rough stable into which the newborn Jesus was placed "with great humility."

    mangeoire - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • Thank you for your commitment to your fellow francophiles.

    façonner - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • Your generosity overwhelms me, Tante Marie-Francoise .... to share a little piece of your world with us hungry francophiles.

    rubrique - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • Before I begin, a word to les amis and the francophiles who like their history sanitized, perhaps because they take too literally writer Ernest Renan's injunction that forgetting a few pages of history is essential to national cohesion: get over it.

    The 10 Best French Villains 2011

  • They are the only ones I forward to my friends who aren't francophiles.

    The French word for plastered drunk... - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • And congratulations on having the will and courgage to make your dreams come true ... and the courage to share your inner self with all of us francophiles around the globe!

    lumiere - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • Merci, Kristin, for this wonderful "blog" that allows all of us francophiles a chance to share our own ideas.

    retirer - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • I have enjoyed meeting Jules (on this blog), amongst all you other francophiles.

    contretemps - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • And while anger, fervor, despair, not to mention weltschmerz and ennui we are, after all the party of uppity francophiles and -- apparently -- left-wing Nazi socialists are all common reactions to this undeniable setback for a progressive agenda, let me suggest another, less acknowledged reaction: comfort.

    Nicholas Brown: The Kilgore Trout Effect Nicholas Brown 2010

  • And while anger, fervor, despair, not to mention weltschmerz and ennui we are, after all the party of uppity francophiles and -- apparently -- left-wing Nazi socialists are all common reactions to this undeniable setback for a progressive agenda, let me suggest another, less acknowledged reaction: comfort.

    Nicholas Brown: The Kilgore Trout Effect Nicholas Brown 2010

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