philhellene
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
noun
Specifically, a supporter of Greek independence, especially during the Greek war of independence in 1821-29.
Example Sentences
- "Some historians have suggested that modern ‘humanitarian intervention’ began with the philhellenes in Greece in the 1820."