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Definition of Philhellenist
1. Noun. An admirer of Greece and everything Greek.
Generic synonyms: Admirer, Booster, Champion, Friend, Protagonist, Supporter
Derivative terms: Graecophile, Graecophilic, Philhellene, Philhellenic, Philhellenism
Definition of Philhellenist
1. n. 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.
Definition of Philhellenist
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Philhellenist
Literary usage of Philhellenist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Greek Christian Poets and the English Poets by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1863)
"But if by chance an Attic voice be wist, They grow softhearted straight,
philhellenist; Press on in earnest flocks along the strand, And stretch their wings ..."
2. The Book of the Poets by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1877)
"But if by chance an Attic voice be wist, They grow softhearted straight,
philhellenist; Press on in earnest flocks along the strand, And stretch their wings ..."
3. Essays on the Greek Christian Poets and the English Poets by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1863)
"... They grow softhearted straight, philhellenist; Press on in earnest flocks
along the strand, And stretch their wings out to the comer's hand. ..."
4. Christianity East and West: An Ecclesiastical Pilgrimage by Thomas Grieve Clark (1889)
"A philhellenist.—Modern Athens.— Acropolis.—Panathenaea.—The Parthenon and the
Goddess Athena. —Eleusinian Mysteries.—Ecclesiastical Procession. ..."
5. A Residence in Greece and Turkey: With Notes of the Journey Through Bulgaria by Francis Hervé (1837)
"The expression of an "old philhellenist" can only be understood in its fullest
sense in Greece; meaning any one who assisted either personally or in a ..."
6. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1877)
"... an ardent Hellenist and philhellenist, a student of the ancient Greeks and a
sympathizer with the moderns. A friend of the elder Didot, he became the ..."
7. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1897)
"... a philhellenist, with whole soul like Byron, in the year 1867, for the study
and practical use of Greek in France. The transactions and the other ..."
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