Elyot

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

/ ˈɛl i ət, ˈɛl yət /

Sir Thomas,c1490–1546, English scholar and diplomat.

Example sentences from the Web for elyot

Elyot is one of the first translators to approach his task from a new angle.

Early Theories of Translation |Flora Ross Amos
Subsequently it is reported in detail by Hall, but with much exaggeration on Elyot's narrative.

Henry of Monmouth, Volume 1 |J. Endell Tyler
The earlier translators, Elyot and More, have left small but significant comment on methods.

Early Theories of Translation |Flora Ross Amos
So anon he went and made it, and taught it an harper, that hyght Elyot; and when hee could it, hee taught it to many harpers.

Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, Volume I (of 3) |Thomas Percy

In these circumstances Elyot, as he asserts in his preface, supplied the other maxims from different sources.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 |Various

Elyot

/ (ˈɛlɪət) /

Sir Thomas. ?1490–1546, English scholar and diplomat; author of The Boke named the Governour (1531), a treatise in English on education