noun
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)
• Syn: ↑T. S. Eliot, ↑Thomas Stearns Eliot
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑poet, ↑dramatist, ↑playwright
2. British writer of novels characterized by realistic analysis of provincial Victorian society (1819-1880)
• Syn: ↑George Eliot, ↑Mary Ann Evans
Useful english dictionary. 2012.