Thomas Stearns Eliot

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