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Phanariot

Phanariot

English

Noun

Phanariot (plural Phanariots or Phanariotes)

  1. An inhabitant of Phanar, an area in Byzantine and Ottoman Constantinople.
  2. A class of moneyed ethnically Greek merchants, who claimed Byzantine descent, and who exercised influence in the administration in the Ottoman Empire.

Adjective

Phanariot (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to these people.

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