Hel"len*ist (?), n. [Gr. : cf. F. Hell'eniste.]
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).
2.
One skilled in the Greek language and literature; as, the critical Hellenist.
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