Definition of Philhellenes

1. Noun. (plural of philhellene) ¹

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Definition of Philhellenes

1. philhellene [n] - See also: philhellene

Lexicographical Neighbors of Philhellenes

philatelists
philately
philatories
philatory
philautic
philauty
philematology
philerast
philerasts
philharmonic
philharmonic orchestra
philharmonic orchestras
philharmonic pitch
philharmonics
philhellene
philhellenes (current term)
philhellenic
philhellenism
philhellenisms
philhellenist
philhellenists
philia
philias
philiater
philibeg
philibegs
philibuster
philip
philippic
philippick

Literary usage of Philhellenes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Greece: From Its Conquest by the Romans to the Present Time, B by George Finlay (1877)
"But it was by those who called themselves philhellenes in England and America that Greece was most injured. Several of the steam-ships, for which the Greek ..."

2. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Times to the Roman Conquest, with by William Smith (1855)
"Intervention of Mehemet All, Pacha of Egypt. Loan. § 10. philhellenes. Gordon, Fabvier, Meyer, Hastings, General Church, Miller, Howe, Finlay, Lord Byron. ..."

3. The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald: Completing "The by Thomas Barnes Cochrane Dundonald, Henry Richard Fox Bourne (1869)
"... AND THE CONTINENTAL philhellenes. — LORD COCHRANE'S FINAL DEPARTURE, AND ARRIVAL IN GREECE. [1826—1827.] LORD COCHRANE, having passed from Brussels to ..."

4. Greece and the Greeks of the Present Day by Edmond About (1855)
"... thousand francs a year, and an Englishman twenty-five thousand. The Greeks are not satisfied. 11. The French colony in Greece—The philhellenes—Colonel ..."

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