Eliot

American  

[el-ee-uht, el-yuht] / ˈɛl i ət, ˈɛl yət /

noun

1. Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.

2. George Mary Ann Evans, 1819–80, English novelist.

3. John the Apostle of the Indians, 1604–90, American colonial missionary.

4. Sir John, 1592–1632, English statesman.

5. T(homas) S(tearns) 1888–1965, British poet and critic, born in the U.S.: Nobel Prize 1948.

6. a male given name, form of Elias.

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Eliot British  

/ ˈɛlɪət /

noun

1. 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)

2. Sir John. 1592–1632, English statesman, a leader of parliamentary opposition to Charles I

3. 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

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Example Sentences

Eliot might have predicted, not with a bang but a whimper.

From Barron's

Once we link back up, he says, “Eliot’s my mom’s boyfriend.”

From Literature

In the long run, AI-powered drones likely represent the future of warfare, said Eliot Cohen, a scholar at the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank.

From The Wall Street Journal

Chief executive Eliot Lyne said: "It is a great honour to be at the helm of such a landmark organisation for UK nature conservation as it reaches this special milestone."

From BBC

Eliot’s poem “Burnt Norton”: “What might have been and what has been/Point to one end, which is always present.”

From The Wall Street Journal