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    Colet
    noun
    John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
  • colet.
    colet.
    abbreviation
    (in prescriptions) let it be strained.

Colet

1 American  
[kol-it] / ˈkɒl ɪt /

noun

  1. John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.


colet. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. (in prescriptions) let it be strained.


Colet British  
/ ˈkɒlɪt /

noun

  1. John. ?1467–1519, English humanist and theologian; founder of St Paul's School, London (1509)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of colet.

From the Latin word colētur

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Even the formidable C. Aubrey Smith, as the gruff chairman of Colet & Cie., never crosses her directly.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 10, 2026

“It’s a great responsibility for us,” Colet added.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 9, 2026

Christine Colet Walker, a researcher at the University of Surrey, says some families with loved ones in Four Seasons' care homes will be concerned about its future.

From BBC Dec. 5, 2021

There is a beautiful account here of how she wrote certain stories based on Flaubert’s letters to his lover, the writer Louise Colet.

From New York Times Nov. 12, 2019

There are absentees," Colet replied with a smile, "who are not so particular; and in the north there are a few who think as I think.

From The Great House by Weyman, Stanley John

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