Phanariot \Pha*nar"i*ot\ (f[.a]*n[a^]r"[i^]*[o^]t), n. Also
Phanariote \Pha*nar"i*ote\ (f[.a]*n[a^]r"[i^]*[=o]t). [NGr.
Fanariw`ths, fr. Phanar. See {Phanar}.]
One of the Greeks of Constantinople who after the Turkish
conquest became powerful in clerical and other offices under
Turkish patronage.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]