Hellene

American  

[hel-een] / ˈhɛl in /

noun

1. a Greek.

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Hellene British  

/ hɛˈliːnɪən, ˈhɛliːn /

noun

1. another name for a Greek

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Etymology

Origin of Hellene

From the Greek word Héllēn

Example Sentences

But they served an important purpose in establishing – after the first Greek edition in 1896 – that the Games were to be international, and not forever Hellene.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2024

Although he was Macedonian, he saw himself as a Hellene and often compared himself to the hero Achilles of the Iliad, from whom he claimed to be descended through his mother.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

The bronze athlete is the work of Costas Dimitriadis, famed Hellene.

From Time Magazine Archive

Petrakis' John Doe is Leonidas Matsoukas, a beefy and ebullient Hellene who, like the author, is a member of Chicago's Greek-American community, locally known as the Bush.

From Time Magazine Archive

Neither he nor any other Hellene sees ecstatic visions or dreams ecstatic dreams.

From Platform Monologues by Tucker, T. G. (Thomas George)