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Greek scholar
Answer for the clue "Greek scholar ", 9 letters:
hellenist
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Word definitions for hellenist in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hellenist \Hel"len*ist\, n. [Gr. ?: cf. F. Hell['e]niste.] 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, ...
Usage examples of hellenist.
His Bedouin guides were terrified at his wrath, for being neither Christian nor Hellenist themselves, they had failed to understand the distinction between one Roman religion and another and had not realized that the Emperor might be offended.