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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek φιλέλλην (philéllēn), corresponding to phil- + Hellene.
Adjective
philhellene (comparative more philhellene, superlative most philhellene)
- Philhellenic.
Noun
philhellene (plural philhellenes)
- A lover of Greece or Greek culture.
- (now historical) Specifically, a supporter of Greek independence, especially during the Greek war of independence in 1821-29.
2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation, Penguin, published 2020, page 95:Some historians have suggested that modern ‘humanitarian intervention’ began with the philhellenes in Greece in the 1820.
Translations
supporter of Greek independence