pan-ˈGermanist
[f. pan-German a. and n. + -ist.]
A supporter of pan-Germanism. Also attrib.
| 1909 Daily Chron. 25 June 4/6 A racing yacht devised, built, and..manned in Germany—an object of idolatry..to the Pan-Germanists. 1914 Atlantic Monthly Oct. 448/2 The schemes of the Pan-Germanists indeed reach to the creation of a vast confederation of states. 1939 Tablet 3 June 706/1 He defends himself as best he can against the Pan-Germanist propaganda of the turbulent German minority. 1957 Elliott & Summerskill Dict. Politics 251 Pan-Germanists have advocated particularly the absorption into Germany of the German-speaking provinces of Austria. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia VII. 717/b Pan-Germanists continued to press for expansion; the most articulate and active force toward that end was Hitler and the Nazi Party. |
Hence pan-Germaˈnistic a., of, pertaining to, or supporting pan-Germanism.
| 1915 World's Work (N.Y.) Aug. 456/1 To block the Pan-Germanistic plan. |