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Hellenist

Hellenist \Hel"len*ist\, n. [Gr. ?: cf. F. Hell['e]niste.]

  1. 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, and Egypt; distinguished from the Hebraists, or native Jews (
    --Acts vi. 1).

  2. One skilled in the Greek language and literature; as, the critical Hellenist.

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.