Oliphant

[ol-uh-fuhnt]

noun

1. Margaret Wilson, 1828–97, Scottish novelist.

Oliphant

/ ˈɒlɪfənt /

noun

1. Sir Mark Laurence Elwin. 1901–2000, British nuclear physicist, born in Australia

Example Sentences

For as clichéd a piece of music as it is, Edvard Grieg’s “In the Hall of the Mountain King” is a perfectly appropriate score for a film about the life and work of political cartoonist Pat Oliphant.

From Salon

Remove the veil of folklore, and the plot isn’t too different from Oliphant’s career as an unrestrained cartoonist, whose satirical illustrations drew the ire of power-hungry politicians and like-minded megalomaniacs all over the world.

From Salon

Like Peer Gynt in search of a greater truth, Oliphant willingly pitted himself against larger-than-life beasts and lived to tell the tale.

From Salon

The composition’s frantic strings and minor chords cleverly emphasize the brilliance of Oliphant’s cartoons depicting the circus of the politically obscene.

From Salon

No person, be they an American president or a civilian critic, could make Oliphant put down his pen — though it wasn’t for lack of trying.

From Salon