English noun: Eliot | |||
1. | Eliot (person) 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 | ||
Instance hypernym | dramatist, playwright, poet | ||
2. | Eliot (person) British writer of novels characterized by realistic analysis of provincial Victorian society (1819-1880) | ||
Synonyms | George Eliot, Mary Ann Evans | ||
Instance hypernym | author, writer | ||