Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Hellenist

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Hellenist


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(1):

(n.) One skilled in the Greek language and literature; as, the critical Hellenist.

(2):

(n.) 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).