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- noun Plural form of
Philhellenist .
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The Wirtembergher was in the action at Arta, where the Philhellenists were cut to pieces after killing six hundred Turks, they themselves being only a hundred and fifty in number, opposed to about six or seven thousand; only eight escaped, and of them about three only survived; so that General Normann
Life of Lord Byron Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852 1854
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The Wirtembergher was in the action at Arta, where the Philhellenists were cut to pieces after killing six hundred Turks, they themselves being only a hundred and fifty in number, opposed to about six or seven thousand; only eight escaped, and of them about three only survived; so that General
Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals Thomas Moore 1815
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