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Francophile (adj.)

"characterized by excessive fondness of France and the French," 1875, from Franco- + -phile. "A newspaper word" [OED]. Its opposite, Francophobe, is recorded from 1890, implied in Francophobic; Francophobia is from 1862. An earlier word was anti-Gallician (n.), attested from 1755.

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Definitions of Francophile from WordNet

Francophile (n.)
an admirer of France and everything French;
Synonyms: Francophil
From wordnet.princeton.edu