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Eliot

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: Eliot

1
 n
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
 n
British writer of novels characterized by realistic analysis of provincial Victorian society (1819-1880)
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: Eliot
1

n 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)

Synonyms:
T. S. Eliot, Thomas Stearns Eliot
Example of:
dramatist, playwright
someone who writes plays
poet
a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
2

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

Synonyms:
George Eliot, Mary Ann Evans
Example of:
author, writer
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
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