\Hel"len*ist\, n. [Gr. ?: cf. F. Hell['e]niste.]
1. One who affiliates with Greeks, or imitates Greek manners;
   esp., a person of Jewish extraction who used the Greek
   language as his mother tongue, as did the Jews of Asia
   Minor, Greece, Syria, and Egypt; distinguished from the
   Hebraists, or native Jews (--Acts vi. 1).
2. One skilled in the Greek language and literature; as, the
   critical Hellenist.