THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT

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• THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT (noun)
  The noun THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT has 1 sense:

1. 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)

  Familiarity information: THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT used as a noun is very rare.

• THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT (noun)

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Meaning:

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Eliot; T. S. Eliot; Thomas Stearns Eliot

Instance hypernyms:

dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)

poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))