PHILHELLENE
Dictionary entry overview: What does philhellene mean? • PHILHELLENE (noun)
The noun PHILHELLENE has 1 sense:
1. an admirer of Greece and everything Greek
Familiarity information: PHILHELLENE used as a noun is very rare.
• PHILHELLENE (adjective)
The adjective PHILHELLENE has 1 sense:
1. characterized by a love of Greece and Grecian things
Familiarity information: PHILHELLENE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PHILHELLENE (noun)
Meaning:
An admirer of Greece and everything Greek
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Graecophile; philhellene; philhellenist
Hypernyms ("philhellene" is a kind of...):
admirer; booster; champion; friend; protagonist; supporter (a person who backs a politician or a team etc.)
• PHILHELLENE (adjective)
Meaning:
Characterized by a love of Greece and Grecian things
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
Graecophile; Graecophilic; philhellene; philhellenic
Context example:
the Philhellenic Society
Pertainym:
philhellene (an admirer of Greece and everything Greek)
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