Phanariot

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

  Phanariot \Pha*nar"i*ot\ (f[.a]*n[a^]r"[i^]*[o^]t), n. Also
  Phanariote \Pha*nar"i*ote\ (f[.a]*n[a^]r"[i^]*[=o]t). [NGr.
     Fanariw`ths, fr. Phanar. See {Phanar}.]
     One of the Greeks of Constantinople who after the Turkish
     conquest became powerful in clerical and other offices under
     Turkish patronage.


     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]