What is "philhellenist"

Philhellenist \Phil*hel"len*ist\, n. [Philo- + Gr. ? a Greek: cf. F. philhell[`e]ne.] A friend of Greece; one who supports the cause of the Greeks; particularly, one who supported them in their struggle for independence against the Turks; a philhellene.

n. an admirer of Greece and everything Greek [syn: philhellene, Graecophile]