Phanariote
Meanings
noun
- An inhabitant of Phanar, the historically Greek district of Constantinople; hence, a member of the Greek official class in the Ottoman Empire.
adj
- Pertaining to these people or to the Phanar.
Word forms
Etymology
From Greek Φαναριώτης (Fanariótis).
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