'Phanariote' definitions:
Definition of 'Phanariote'
From: 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.]