HELLENIST

noun one skilled in the greek language and literature; as, the critical hellenist.

2. hellenist ·noun one who affiliates with greeks, or imitates greek manners; ·esp., a person of jewish extraction who used the greek language as his mother tongue, as did the jews of asia minor, greece, syria, and egypt; distinguished from the hebraists, or native jews (acts vi. 1).