Definitions for hellenists

hellenists Hel·len·ist

Spelling: [hel-uh-nist]
IPA: /ˈhɛl ə nɪst/

Hellenists is a 10 letter English word.

You can make 394 anagrams from letters in hellenists (eehillnsst).

Definitions for hellenists

noun

  1. a person, especially in ancient times, adopting Greek speech, ideas, or customs.
  2. a person who admires or studies Greek civilization.

Origin of hellenists

From the Greek word Hellēnistḗs, dating back to 1605-15. See Hellene, -ist

Examples for hellenists

The Emperor, surrounded by his Hellenist friends, had just appeared there.

Hebilthwayte waited on him to the door, and the Hellenist departed sad and desponding.

I have only one opinion, which is, that the Galilean cooks are no worse than the Hellenist cooks.

This the poet received with an enthusiastic letter of thanks, at the same time confessing his insufficiency as a Hellenist.

Instead of this, as far as I remember, that abject Hellenist says nothing at all.

Hellenist′ic, -al, pertaining to the Hellenists: pertaining to Greek with foreign, esp.

Wilde knew that, he knew everything, in addition to being a thorough Hellenist.

In Gail's pamphlet against Coray, he talks of "throwing the insolent Hellenist out of the windows."

He keeps quiet during the Empire, and after its fall lives the life of an agriculturist and Hellenist on his farm in Touraine.

But to infer that he is a Hellenist, to whom the matter had all the charm of novelty, would be very precarious.

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