Phanariot
Phanariot is the alternative form of Phanariote.
Meaning of Phanariote
Noun
Phanariote (plural Phanariotes)
- An inhabitant of Phanar, the historically Greek district of Constantinople; hence, a member of the Greek official class in the Ottoman Empire.
- 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
Forms of Phanariot
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- Phanariot is the alternative form of Phanariote.
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