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Olcott

American  
[ol-kuht] / ˈɒl kət /

noun

  1. Chauncey Chancellor John Olcott, 1860–1932, U.S. tenor, actor, and songwriter.


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Said Jessica Olcott Yllemo, senior fellow for climate security at the American Security Project, a nonpartisan group in Washington, D.C.:

From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2022

Irish balladeer Chauncey Olcott charms Lillian Russell and an alderman’s daughter in 1890s New York.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2020

As of opening night, the Constellation production, directed by Nick Olcott, rarely exhibited these qualities.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2020

Sales of the so-called ghost guns are increasing because they are less regulated than regular firearms, Olcott said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2020

The society was founded by a Russian adventuress, Madame Blavatsky, and by an American soldier, Colonel Olcott, who was the easy tool, if not the accomplice, of his clever and unscrupulous associate.

From India, Its Life and Thought by John P. (John Peter) Jones

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