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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Phanar

/(făn"̇r)/ · Phan·ar · IPA
01 n. A quarter of Constantinople which, after the Turkish conquest of the city, became the chief Greek quarter; hence, the Greek officials of Tu…
  1. 1.
    A quarter of Constantinople which, after the Turkish conquest of the city, became the chief Greek quarter; hence, the Greek officials of Turkey, or phanariots, as a class.