Oliphant

[ ol-uh-fuh nt ]

/ ˈɒl ə fənt /

Margaret Wilson,1828–97, Scottish novelist.

Example sentences from the Web for oliphant

But then Oliphant and Shaun Walker of The Guardian saw something quite different.

Putin’s “Humanitarian” Convoy Nears Ukraine, APCs Cross in Secret |Anna Nemtsova |August 14, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Oliphant thinks that here and there Massinger may be traced; and here and there, Rowley.

Francis Beaumont: Dramatist |Charles Mills Gayley
The authorities on which Mrs. Oliphant relies for her facts are unimpeachably good.

British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Volume LIV |Various
Reasons for dating an earlier version of the play about 1604 are given by Oliphant, Engl.

Francis Beaumont: Dramatist |Charles Mills Gayley

With these affectionate words Captain Oliphant left the room, candle in hand.

Roger Ingleton, Minor |Talbot Baines Reed
We cant fight em with only one revolver and a carbine, said Oliphant ruefully.

King of the Air |Herbert Strang

Oliphant

/ (ˈɒlɪfənt) /

Sir Mark Laurence Elwin. 1901–2000, British nuclear physicist, born in Australia