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What is a philhellene?

What is a philhellene? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. a lover of Greek culture and Greece.
  2. a supporter of the cause of Greek independence, especially during the Greek war of independence in 1821-29 (see Philhellenism).
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I am known in this House and in my constituency as a strong philhellene and a friend of Greek and Cypriot MEPs alike, but I am also a member of the newly formed EP Friends of Macedonia.
A philhellene, he obtained appointments in the Ionian Islands, including, in 1854, secretary to the Lord High Commissioner.
Resistance to the Junta had been growing within Greece and overseas amongst Greeks abroad and their philhellene and pro-democracy supporters.
She sent her philhellene friend, Leigh Fermor to Missolonghi to track down the heirloom.
One philhellene whom Roessel discusses very well is his former professor, Edmund Keeley, whose experience of Greece dates back to his childhood in the thirties.
Antony, who studied as a young man in Athens, remained a Philhellene for his entire life.

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