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Definition of philo-Semitic in English:
philo-Semitic
adjective
Supportive of or favouring Jews.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in The Times. From philo- + Semitic, probably after anti-Semitic (although this is apparently first attested very slightly later).
