hellene(n = noun.person) greek - a native or inhabitant of Greece;
is a kind of european
is a member of ellas, greece, hellenic republic
has particulars: achaean, achaian, aeolian, eolian, dorian, ionian, athenian, corinthian, laconian, lesbian, spartan, arcadian, theban, argive, ephesian, mycenaen, thessalian, thessalonian
Derived form adjective hellenic3
A native of either ancient or modern Greece; a Greek. Brewer. [1913 Webster]
hellene, n.
1 a native of modern Greece.
2 an ancient Greek.
Derivative:
Hellenic adj.
Etymology:
Gk Hellen a Greek