Philhellene Definition

fĭl-hĕlēn
noun
A friend or supporter of the Greeks or Greece.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Philhellene

Noun

Singular:
philhellene
Plural:
philhellenes

Origin of Philhellene

  • Greek philellēn phil-, philo- philo- Hellēn Greek

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • phil- + Hellene

    From Wiktionary

Philhellene Sentence Examples

  • The Italians were ill-treated by the Greeks and were not well looked on by the Philhellene committees, who thought that their presence would offend the powers.

  • Philhellene, c. 85-60 B.C., the royal coins begin; at this time probably the theatre was excavated, and Petra must have assumed the aspect of a Hellenistic city.

  • On the 29th of September a Greek naval force, commanded by an English Philhellene, Captain Frank Abney Hastings, had destroyed some Turkish vessels in Salona Bay, on the north side of the Gulf of Corinth.

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Words Starting With

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