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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:

Nouns denoting people

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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