Romaniote

plural Romaniotes · alternative Romaniot

1. A member of a Jewish population living in Greece, historically distinct from the Sephardim, who settled in Greece later.

   Native (Romaniote) Jews submerged hy increasing numbers of Sephardi Jews plus the Karaites constituted the three main communities.

   1954, The Middle East Journal, page 359

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   Gradually, however, the greater wealth and more dynamic culture of the Sephardim overwhelmed the Romaniotes, most of whom merged with the newcomers.

   2012, Bernard Wasserstein, On the Eve: The Jews of Europe Before the Second World War