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PHILHELLENE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An admirer of Greece and everything Greek

Synonyms:

Graecophile; philhellene; philhellenist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("philhellene" is a kind of...):

admirer; booster; champion; friend; protagonist; supporter (a person who backs a politician or a team etc.)

Derivation:

philhellene; philhellenic (characterized by a love of Greece and Grecian things)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Characterized by a love of Greece and Grecian things

Example:

the Philhellenic Society

Synonyms:

Graecophile; Graecophilic; philhellene; philhellenic

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

philhellene (an admirer of Greece and everything Greek)

Derivation:

philhellene (an admirer of Greece and everything Greek)

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