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Elyot

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

noun

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


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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But more impressive than that, he endowed Elyot with a soul.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2016

Like their Amanda and Elyot, this Valmont and his marquise possessed a conscious knowledge that as, Amanda says, “I think very few people are completely normal, really, deep down in their private lives.”

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2016

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

Now the Donmar is reviving the comedy, only weeks after the death of its writer Kevin Elyot.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2014

In the 16th century Castiglione and Montaigne had advocated a training directly adapted to prepare for polite life, and Elyot wrote on similar lines.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various

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