Grecomans

Grecomans or Graecomans (Greek: Γραικομάνοι, romanized: Graikománoi; Bulgarian: Гъркомани, romanized: Gărkomani; Macedonian: Гркомани, romanized: Grkomani; Romanian: Grecomani; Albanian: Grekomanë; Aromanian: Gricumanji) is a pejorative term used in Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Romania, and Albania to characterize Albanian-speaking, Aromanian-speaking, and Slavic-speaking people who self-identify as ethnic Greeks. In the region of Macedonia it appeared during the 19th and early 20th century nationalist propaganda campaigns and the struggle for Macedonia. The term generally means "pretending to be a Greek" and implies a non-Greek origin. Another meaning of the term is fanatic Greeks. The term has been also employed by ethnic Macedonians against Slavic Macedonians with a Greek identity. The "Grecomans" are regarded as ethnic Greeks in Greece, but as members of originally non-Greek, but subsequently Hellenized minorities, in the neighboring countries.

See also

• Rum Millet
• Rise of nationalism in the Ottoman Empire
• Slavic-speakers in Ottoman Macedonia