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English → English (gcide) Definition: Hellenist 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). [1913 Webster] 2. One skilled in the Greek language and literature; as, the critical Hellenist.