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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

The Hellene will have a subsatrapy in the East before the season is over and a treasure of five thousand talents!

From A Victor of Salamis by Davis, William Stearns