Eliot

[ el-ee-uh t, el-yuh t ]

/ ˈɛl i ət, ˈɛl yət /

noun

Charles William,1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.

GeorgeMary Ann Evans,1819–80, English novelist.

Johnthe Apostle of the Indians,1604–90, American colonial missionary.

Sir John,1592–1632, English statesman.

T(homas) S(tearns)

[sturnz] /stɜrnz/,1888–1965, British poet and critic, born in the U.S.: Nobel Prize 1948.

a male given name, form of Elias.

Example sentences from the Web for eliot

This year, the show has even resurrected Eliot Ness, seen making a pompous speech to reporters about bringing Capone to justice.

'Boardwalk Empire' Left New Jersey and Lost Its Way |Allen Barra |September 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Eliot Higgins is the founder of Bellingcat and the Brown Moses Blog.

MH17 Missile Can't Hide From These Internet Sleuths |Eliot Higgins |August 2, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Eliot focuses on the weapons used in the conflict in Syria, and open source investigations tools and techniques.

MH17 Missile Can't Hide From These Internet Sleuths |Eliot Higgins |August 2, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Austen, Eliot, and James sometimes complemented their essential seriousness with humorous minor characters and subplots.

How to Get Laid in Brooklyn a la Adelle Waldman’s Nifty Novel of Manners |Tom LeClair |July 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

The best of Western poetry, as even T.S. Eliot said in “Tradition and the Individual Talent,” does exactly the same thing.

Broadway Was Made for Tupac |Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Marcyliena Morgan |July 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Both Eliot and Brainerd did a great deal of good among the Indians.

History, Manners, and Customs of the North American Indians |George Mogridge
Stone started it again with a cracking two-bagger, and, when Eliot poked a daisy cutter into right, Ben scored on it.

Rival Pitchers of Oakdale |Morgan Scott
General Eliot regarded the progress of the tremendous armaments without despondency.

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 |Various
And very often the day's work ended in a dance, a walk to Eliot's Pulpit, or a moonlight hour on the Charles!

The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees |Mary Caroline Crawford
Eliot I have not seen much of; I don't believe he is a very accomplished chemist, but can't tell yet.

The Letters of William James, Vol. 1 |William James

British Dictionary definitions for eliot

Eliot

/ (ˈɛlɪət) /

noun

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)

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

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

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