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Webster 1913 Edition


Philhellene

Phil-hel′lene

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

Definition 2024


philhellene

philhellene

English

Noun

philhellene (plural philhellenes)

  1. a lover of Greek culture and Greece.
  2. a supporter of the cause of Greek independence, especially during the Greek war of indepence in 1821-29 (see Philhellenism).

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