Hellenistnoun
One who affiliates with Greeks, or imitates Greek manners; esp., a person of Jewish extraction who used the Greek language as his mother tongue, as did the Jews of Asia Minor, Greece, Syria, and Egypt; distinguished from the Hebraists, or native Jews (Acts vi. 1).
Hellenistnoun
One skilled in the Greek language and literature; as, the critical Hellenist.
Hellenisticadjective
Pertaining to the Hellenists.
Hellenisticadjective
relating to or characteristic of the classical Greek civiliHzation