Elyot

American  

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

noun

1. Sir Thomas, c1490–1546, English scholar and diplomat.

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Elyot British  

/ ˈɛlɪət /

noun

1. Sir Thomas. ?1490–1546, English scholar and diplomat; author of The Boke named the Governour (1531), a treatise in English on education

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Example Sentences

Rickman's every utterance as Elyot Chase had what can only be described as a musical panache.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2016

Coward wrote, directed and starred in it, as Elyot, in London in 1930 and brought the production to Broadway the following year.

From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2015

Mulligan appeared in London in “Forty Winks” by Kevin Elyot at the Royal Court Theatre in 2004 and in a production of Moliere’s “The Hypochondriac” in 2005.

From Time • Sep. 3, 2014

He recalls that Elyot was clearly protective of what most critics consider to be his finest work.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2014

Elyot was a favourite with Henry the Eighth, and employed on various embassies, particularly on the confidential one to Rome to negotiate the divorce of Queen Katherine.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac