Hellenist

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hellenist \Hel"len*ist\, n. [Gr. ?: cf. F. Hell['e]niste.]
     1. 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).


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     2. One skilled in the Greek language and literature; as, the
        critical Hellenist. Hellenistic