Eliot

  • (noun): British writer of novels characterized by realistic analysis of provincial Victorian society (1819-1880).
    Synonyms: George Eliot, Mary Ann Evans
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The Criterion (magazine)
... Eliot who served as its editor for its entire run ... Eliot's goal was to make it a literary review dedicated to the maintenance of standards and the reunification of a European intellectual community ... issue of the magazine, of which 600 copies were printed, included Eliot's The Waste Land ...
Eliot, Portland, Oregon
... Eliot is a neighborhood in the North and Northeast sections of Portland, Oregon ... Eliot was named in honor of Rev ... Eliot, a pioneer minister ...

More definitions of "Eliot":

  • (noun): British poet (born in the United States) who won the Nobel prize for literature; his plays are outstanding examples of modern verse drama (1888-1965).
    Synonyms: T. S. Eliot, Thomas Stearns Eliot

Famous quotes containing the word eliot:

    “One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!”
    —George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)

    “A woman’s heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must be pressed small, like Chinese feet; her happiness is to be made as cakes are, by a fixed receipt.”
    —George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)

    “... there is no human being who having both passions and thoughts does not think in consequence of his passions.”
    —George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)