Eliot
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Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
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George Mary Ann Evans, 1819–80, English novelist.
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John the Apostle of the Indians, 1604–90, American colonial missionary.
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Sir John, 1592–1632, English statesman.
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T(homas) S(tearns) 1888–1965, British poet and critic, born in the U.S.: Nobel Prize 1948.
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a male given name, form of Elias.
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George, real name Mary Ann Evans. 1819–80, English novelist, noted for her analysis of provincial Victorian society. Her best-known novels include Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner (1861), and Middlemarch (1872)
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Sir John. 1592–1632, English statesman, a leader of parliamentary opposition to Charles I
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T ( homas ) S ( tearns ). 1888–1965, British poet, dramatist, and critic, born in the US His poetry includes Prufrock and Other Observations (1917), The Waste Land (1922), Ash Wednesday (1930), and Four Quartets (1943). Among his verse plays are Murder in the Cathedral (1935), The Family Reunion (1939), The Cocktail Party (1950), and The Confidential Clerk (1954): Nobel prize for literature 1948
Example Sentences
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The chief executive of Norfolk Wildlife Trust, Eliot Lyne, said his organisation needed more time to review the proposals.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Bridget Eliot, another workshop attendee, grew up in Germany during the Cold War when the Berlin Wall remained intact.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
“My grandparents were murdered in concentration camps. And to see how the world, again, is swinging that direction, where there are too many people in favor of a totalitarian government, is crazy,” Eliot said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
The chamber of commerce interim president Eliot Lincoln said he didn't want the minimum wage to be scrapped but believed it could not continue to rise in the way it had in previous years.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
“Exactly, Eliot, exactly like a wedding ring. Only with no fear of losing it in the dishwater.”
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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