HomeServicesBlogDictionariesContactSpanish Course
← Back to search

Meaning of Phanariote | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An inhabitant of Phanar, the historically Greek district of Constantinople; hence, a member of the Greek official class in the Ottoman Empire.

historical

Equivalents

Polski fanariota
Português fanariota

Examples

“For a little over a hundred years, from 1711 until the outbreak of the Greek Revolution in 1821, with only brief interruptions during times of war, Moldavia and Wallachia would be ruled by a succession of Phanariot princes.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

Learn this word in context

See Phanariote used in real conversations inside our free language course.

Start Free Course