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Meaning of PHILHELLENIST

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 Definition: [n]  an admirer of Greece and everything Greek
 
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 Synonyms: Graecophile, philhellene
 
 See Also: admirer, booster, champion, friend, protagonist, supporter

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Phil*hel"len*ist\, n. [Philo- + Gr. ? a Greek:
cf. F. philhell[`e]ne.]
A friend of Greece; one who supports the cause of the Greeks;
particularly, one who supported them in their struggle for
independence against the Turks; a philhellene.
 

 

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