PHILHELLENE

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 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)

Sense 1

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.)

Derivation:

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

• PHILHELLENE (adjective)

Sense 1

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)

Derivation:

philhellene (an admirer of Greece and everything Greek)