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Definition of: Hellenist
(hel′ə·nist) noun
1. An adopter of Greek customs, language, and usages; especially, a Grecizing Jew in the time of the Apostles or in the Alexandrian church: called in the English versions of the New Testament Grecian Jew or Grecian.
2. A Greek scholar; a specialist in Greek.
3. One of the Byzantine Greeks who contributed to the revival of classical learning in Europe in the 15th century.