eliot

Definition of Eliot in English :

Noun

1. eliot, t. s. eliot, thomas stearns eliot

British poet (born in the United States) who won the Nobel prize for literature; his plays are outstanding examples of modern verse drama (1888-1965)

2. eliot, george eliot, mary ann evans

British writer of novels characterized by realistic analysis of provincial Victorian society (1819-1880)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Eliot

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1.

George, real name Mary Ann Evans. 1819–80, English novelist, noted for her analysis of provincial Victorian society. Her best-known novels include Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner (1861), and Middlemarch (1872)

2.

Sir John. 1592–1632, English statesman, a leader of parliamentary opposition to Charles I

3.

T(homas) S(tearns). 1888–1965, British poet, dramatist, and critic, born in the US. His poetry includes Prufrock and Other Observations (1917), The Waste Land (1922), Ash Wednesday (1930), and Four Quartets (1943). Among his verse plays are Murder in the Cathedral (1935), The Family Reunion (1939), The Cocktail Party (1950), and The Confidential Clerk (1954): Nobel prize for literature 1948

Eliot

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noun

a masculine name

see Ellis1

1.

Charles William1834-1926; U.S. educator: president of Harvard University (1869-1909)

2. Pseudonym

George(pseud. of Mary Ann Evans) 1819-80; Eng. novelist

3.

John1604-90; Am. clergyman, born in England: known for missionary work among the Am. Indians

4.

T(homas) S(tearns)1888-1965; Brit. poet & critic, born in the U.S.

Eliot

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British writer whose novels, all in the 19th-century realist tradition, include Adam Bede (1859), Silas Marner (1861), and her masterpiece, Middlemarch (1872).

American-born British critic and writer whose poems "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" (1915) and The Waste Land (1922) established him as a major literary figure. He also wrote dramas, such as Murder in the Cathedral (1935), and works of criticism. He won the 1948 Nobel Prize for literature.

American educator and editor who was president of Harvard University (1869-1909) and edited the Harvard Classics (1909-1910), a 50-volume selection of world literature.

English missionary in America who converted many Native Americans to Christianity and contributed to The Bay Psalm Book (1640), the first book printed in New England. His translation of the Bible into the Massachusett language (1663) was the first Bible published in the Americas.

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