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Definition of Phanariot
1. n. One of the Greeks of Constantinople who after the Turkish conquest became powerful in clerical and other offices under Turkish patronage.
Definition of Phanariot
1. Noun. An inhabitant of Phanar, an area in Byzantine and Ottoman Constantinople. ¹
2. Noun. A class of moneyed ethnically Greek merchants, who claimed Byzantine descent, and who exercised influence in the administration in the Ottoman Empire. ¹
3. Adjective. Used to describe such a person. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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