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Phanariot
Phanariot
English
Noun
Phanariot (plural Phanariots or Phanariotes)
- An inhabitant of Phanar, an area in Byzantine and Ottoman Constantinople.
- 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)
- Of or relating to these people.