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Definition of PHILHELLENISM - 3 dictionary results

phil⋅hel⋅lene

  [fil-hel-een]
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–noun
a friend or supporter of the Greeks.
Also, phil⋅hel⋅len⋅ist  [fil-hel-uh-nist, fil-he-lee-nist] .

Origin:
1815–25; < Gk philéllēn Greek-loving. See phil-, Hellene

Related forms:
phil⋅hel⋅len⋅ic  [fil-he-len-ik, -lee-nik] , adjective
phil⋅hel⋅len⋅ism  [fil-hel-uh-niz-uhm] , noun
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phil·hel·lene   (fĭl-hěl'ēn')   
n.  One who admires Greece or the Greeks.

[Greek philellēn : phil-, philo-, philo- + Hellēn, Greek.]
phil'hel·len'ic (fĭl'hě-lěn'ĭk) adj., phil·hel'len·ism n.
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Word Origin & History

Philhellene 
c.1825, "loving the Greeks," from Gk., from philos "loving" + Hellen "Hellene." Originally in Eng. in ref. to the cause of Gk. independence.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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