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    PHILHELLENE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    An admirer of Greece and everything Greekplay

    Synonyms:

    Graecophile; philhellene; philhellenist

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    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)

     II. (adjective) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Characterized by a love of Greece and Grecian thingsplay

    Example:

    the Philhellenic Society

    Synonyms:

    Graecophile; Graecophilic; philhellene; philhellenic

    Classified under:

    Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

    Pertainym:

    philhellene (an admirer of Greece and everything Greek)

    Derivation:

    philhellene (an admirer of Greece and everything Greek)

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