Olcott

[ol-kuht]

noun

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

Example Sentences

Working with Richard Olcott, an architect in his firm, Mr. Polshek insisted that the project include the reimagining of a decrepit railroad span that ran along its southern edge; once converted to a pedestrian bridge, it provided easy access to the museum for a low-income community across the river.

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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.:

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Our stage manager, Heather Olcott, had our director, Anna Glass, on the phone.

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“It couldn’t be more ironic,” says Richard Olcott, an architect who designed Stanford University’s Bing Concert Hall, which opened in 2013, among many other buildings.

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The Klan's growth caused South Dakota governor Ben Olcott to complain in 1922 that “we woke up one morning and found that the Klan had about gained political control of the state.”

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