The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
phanariot — n. hist. a member of a class of Greek officials in Constantinople under the Ottoman Empire. Etymology: mod.Gk phanariotes f. Phanar the part of the city where they lived f. Gk phanarion lighthouse (on the Golden Horn) * * * Phanariot /fa narˈi… … Useful english dictionary
Phanariot — 1. noun a) An inhabitant of Phanar, an area in Byzantine and Ottoman Constantinople. b) A class of moneyed ethnically Greek merchants, who claimed Byzantine descent, and who exercised influence in the administration in the Ottoman Empire. 2.… … Wiktionary
Phanariot — [fə narɪət] noun a Greek official in Constantinople under the Ottoman Empire. Origin from mod. Gk phanariōtēs, from Phanar, Greek quarter of Istanbul, from Gk phanarion lighthouse (one being situated in this area) … English new terms dictionary
phanariot — pha·nar·i·ot … English syllables
Phanariote — Phanariot Pha*nar i*ot, n. Also Phanariote Pha*nar i*ote [NGr. ?, fr. Phanar. See {Phanar}.] One of the Greeks of Constantinople who after the Turkish conquest became powerful in clerical and other offices under Turkish patronage. [Webster 1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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