Definition of hellenist

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Hellenist (n.) One who affiliates with Greeks, or imitates Greek manners; esp., a person of Jewish extraction who used the Greek language as his mother tongue, as did the Jews of Asia Minor, Greece, Syria, and Egypt; distinguished from the Hebraists, or native Jews (Acts vi. 1)..

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Panhellenist :: Panhellenist (n.) An advocate of Panhellenism.
Grecian :: Grecian (n.) A jew who spoke Greek; a Hellenist.
Philhellenist :: Philhellenist (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..
Hellenist :: Hellenist (n.) One who affiliates with Greeks, or imitates Greek manners; esp., a person of Jewish extraction who used the Greek language as his mother tongue, as did the Jews of Asia Minor, Greece, Syria, and Egypt; distinguished from the Hebraists, or native Jews (Acts vi. 1)..
Hellenistical :: Hellenistical (a.) Pertaining to the Hellenists.
Assidean :: Assidean (n.) One of a body of devoted Jews who opposed the Hellenistic Jews, and supported the Asmoneans..
Hellenist :: Hellenist (n.) One skilled in the Greek language and literature; as, the critical Hellenist..
Hellenistically :: Hellenistically (adv.) According to the Hellenistic manner or dialect.
Philhellene :: Philhellene (n.) A friend of Greece, or of the Greeks; a philhellenist..
Hellenistic :: Hellenistic (a.) Alt. of Hellenistica.
Philohellenian :: Philohellenian (n.) A philhellenist.
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