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Slavophile

Slavophil \Slav"o*phil\, Slavophile \Slav"o*phile\, n. [Slavic + Gr. ??? loving.] One, not being a Slav, who is interested in the development and prosperity of that race.

Usage examples of "slavophile".

Among the Slavophiles, the Decembrist exiles had the status of martyrs.

He said that he was writing a long article against Russophiles and Slavophiles.

For the Slavophiles, the principles of tsarist rule were completely different from those which had underpinned autocracy in the West.