philhellene

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: philhellenistGraecophilephilhellenicGraecophilic

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. an admirer of Greece and everything GreekSynonyms: philhellenistGraecophileType of supporter, protagonist

Adjective (1)

  1. characterized by a love of Greece and Grecian things“the Philhellenic Society”Synonyms: philhellenicGraecophileGraecophilic

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Phil·hel′lene noun

A friend of Greece, or of the Greeks; a philhellenist. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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