Definition of Philhellenist

1. Noun. An admirer of Greece and everything Greek.


Definition of Philhellenist

1. n. A friend of Greece; one who supports the cause of the Greeks; particularly, one who supported them in their struggle for independence against the Turks; a philhellene.

Definition of Philhellenist

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Philhellenist

philautic
philauty
philematology
philerast
philerasts
philharmonic
philharmonic orchestra
philharmonic orchestras
philharmonic pitch
philharmonics
philhellene
philhellenes
philhellenic
philhellenism
philhellenisms
philhellenist (current term)
philhellenists
philia
philias
philiater
philibeg
philibegs
philibuster
philip
philippic
philippick
philippics
philippium
philipsbornite
philipsburgite

Literary usage of Philhellenist

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

1. The Greek Christian Poets and the English Poets by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1863)
"But if by chance an Attic voice be wist, They grow softhearted straight, philhellenist; Press on in earnest flocks along the strand, And stretch their wings ..."

2. The Book of the Poets by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1877)
"But if by chance an Attic voice be wist, They grow softhearted straight, philhellenist; Press on in earnest flocks along the strand, And stretch their wings ..."

3. Essays on the Greek Christian Poets and the English Poets by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1863)
"... They grow softhearted straight, philhellenist; Press on in earnest flocks along the strand, And stretch their wings out to the comer's hand. ..."

4. Christianity East and West: An Ecclesiastical Pilgrimage by Thomas Grieve Clark (1889)
"A philhellenist.—Modern Athens.— Acropolis.—Panathenaea.—The Parthenon and the Goddess Athena. —Eleusinian Mysteries.—Ecclesiastical Procession. ..."

5. A Residence in Greece and Turkey: With Notes of the Journey Through Bulgaria by Francis Hervé (1837)
"The expression of an "old philhellenist" can only be understood in its fullest sense in Greece; meaning any one who assisted either personally or in a ..."

6. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1877)
"... an ardent Hellenist and philhellenist, a student of the ancient Greeks and a sympathizer with the moderns. A friend of the elder Didot, he became the ..."

7. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1897)
"... a philhellenist, with whole soul like Byron, in the year 1867, for the study and practical use of Greek in France. The transactions and the other ..."

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