Eliot (n.)

  1. 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)

    [ Syn: eliot , t. s. eliot , thomas stearns eliot ]

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

    [ Syn: eliot , george eliot , mary ann evans ]

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