Eliot

/ˈɛliət/
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Other forms: Eliots

Definitions of Eliot
  1. noun
    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
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    example of:
    dramatist, dramaturge, playwright
    someone who writes plays
    poet
    a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
  2. noun
    British writer of novels characterized by realistic analysis of provincial Victorian society (1819-1880)
    synonyms: George Eliot, Mary Ann Evans
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    example of:
    author, writer
    a person who writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
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