单词 | phanariot |
释义 | Phanariotadj.n. A. adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Phanar. ΚΠ 1819 T. Hope Anastasius I. iv. 74 The persons of the Fanariote grandees were of a piece with their habitations. 1899 Daily News 20 July 6/4 A masterpiece of Phanariot perfidy. 1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 Jan. 36/2 At one time these Hospodars had been Phanariot Greeks. 1989 Nat. Art-Coll. Fund Christmas 26/2 (caption) A Feneriote mother with her son and daughter, by an unknown artist. 1998 N. Malcolm Kosovo ix. 171 With its senior posts filled by ‘Phanariot’ Greeks..it [sc. the Patriarchate of Peć] was absorbed into the patronage system of the Greek Patriarchate of Constantinople. B. n. A resident in the Phanar; a Greek official under the Ottoman Empire. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > Greek official class under Turks > member of Phanariot1819 1819 T. Hope Anastasius I. iv. 82 I had my share of the second hand insolence, which the Fanariotes take very quietly from the Turks. 1838 Penny Cycl. X. 194/2 A crowd of Fanariotes always followed the new Hospodars. 1856 tr. F. Perthes Mem. I. xxxiii. 411 The cruel exactions of the Greek princes, and insatiable Fanariotes. 1880 Encycl. Brit. XI. 125/2 Many of them were phanariots, accustomed to double dealing, ambitious and avaricious. 1998 S. Lawrence Montenegro 184 The Phanariotes, or Greeks..were sometimes to be found selling oil and dried fruits in the market at Berane. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1819 |
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