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hellenist |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.
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