Meanings
nounPhanariote (plural Phanariotes)
plural Phanariotes · alternative Phanariot
- historicalAn inhabitant of Phanar, the historically Greek district of Constantinople; hence, a member of the Greek official class in the Ottoman Empire.First known use 19th c.
For a little over a hundred years, from 1711 until the outbreak of the Greek Revolution in 1821, with only brief interruptions during times of war, Moldavia and Wallachia would be ruled by a succession of Phanariot princes.
2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation, Penguin, published 2020, page 17
Origin
- GreekΦαναριώτης
- EnglishPhanariote
From Greek Φαναριώτης (Fanariótis).
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Esperanto fanarioto, fanariano, fenerano
- fanarioto, fanariano, feneranoinhabitant of Fener; Ottoman official
Polish fanariota
- fanariotainhabitant of Fener; Ottoman official
Portuguese fanariota
- fanariotainhabitant of Fener; Ottoman official
Romanian fanariot, fanariotă
- fanariotinhabitant of Fener; Ottoman official
- fanariotăinhabitant of Fener; Ottoman official
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APA
Phanariote. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Phanariote
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“Phanariote.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Phanariote. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
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