Hellenist

the follower of the Greeks in language, manners, ete.; a Grecian Jew. Also a Grecian; one versed in the Greek language. Also, in the plural, the name given to those Jews who, from their foreign birth or travel, used the Greek (Hellenic) language, and who are distinguished under this appellation in the Acts of the Apostles,, Hell Gate, a formerly dangerous pa in the East river, at New York city. Rocks here used to form an obstruction much dreaded by mariners, but by extensive submarine mining operations between 1851-85, the pa age was cleared and the dangers to navigation le ened.