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Eliot

surname, Old French diminutive of Elias (French Elie; see Elijah) + -ot. It absorbed the Anglo-Saxon proper names Æðelgeat and Ælfweald "Elf-ruler."

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Definitions of Eliot from WordNet

Eliot (n.)
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
Eliot (n.)
British writer of novels characterized by realistic analysis of provincial Victorian society (1819-1880);
Synonyms: George Eliot / Mary Ann Evans
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