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ELIOT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
British writer of novels characterized by realistic analysis of provincial Victorian society (1819-1880)
Synonyms:
Eliot; George Eliot; Mary Ann Evans
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Sense 2
Meaning:
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; Thomas Stearns Eliot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)
poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))
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