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Phanariote

Today it means: An inhabitant of Phanar, the historically Greek district of Constantinople; hence, a member of the Greek official class in the Ottoman Empire. Full definition →

First used 19th c.Greek Φαναριώτης

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Greek · borrowed fromΦαναριώτης
English todayPhanariote

From Greek Φαναριώτης (Fanariótis).

First known use, by meaning

from 19th c. An inhabitant of Phanar, the historically Greek district of Constantinople; hence, a member of the Greek official class in the Ottoman Empire.
from 19th c. Pertaining to these people or to the Phanar.

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