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Hellenist
[ hel-uh-nist ]
noun
- a person, especially in ancient times, adopting Greek speech, ideas, or customs.
- a person who admires or studies Greek civilization.
Hellenist
/ ˈhɛlɪnɪst /
noun
- Also calledHellenizer (in the Hellenistic world) a non-Greek, esp a Jew, who adopted Greek culture
- a student of the Greek civilization or language
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Hellenist1
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Example Sentences
But to infer that he is a Hellenist, to whom the matter had all the charm of novelty, would be very precarious.
Heine, a pronounced Hellenist, came to the final conclusion that the Greeks were children and the Hebrews men.
I am no longer a joyous, somewhat corpulent Hellenist, laughing cheerfully down upon the melancholy Nazarenes.
Against those who mourn his loss as the Hellenist the Greeks, are some of our most practical men.
A delicate Hellenist, his first appearance in literary life was as a harmonious translator of schylus and Sophocles.
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