Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Phanar \Phan"ar\, n. [Turk. fanar, fr. NGr. ? lighthouse, Gr. ?
   lantern; -- from a lighthouse on a point projecting into the
   Golden Horn.]
   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.