phanariot

English - Turkish

Definition of phanariot in English Turkish dictionary

(isim) fener rum memuru (osmanlı imp.)

{i} fener rum memuru (osmanlı imp.)

fenerli

English - English

Definition of phanariot in English English dictionary

An inhabitant of Phanar, an area in Byzantine and Ottoman Constantinople

Used to describe such a person

A class of moneyed ethnically Greek merchants, who claimed Byzantine descent, and who exercised influence in the administration in the Ottoman Empire

One of the Greeks of Constantinople who after the Turkish conquest became powerful in clerical and other offices under Turkish patronage

Etymology

() From Greek Φαναριώτης.