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Definition of Oliphant
1. an ancient ivory hunting horn [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oliphant
Literary usage of Oliphant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1891)
"It is no blame to Mrs oliphant that she has not solved the insoluble. She has
brought qualifications to bear upon her work which no contemporary writer is ..."
2. The Scottish Nation: Or, The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and by William Anderson (1863)
"With the view of preserving the peerage in the male line, his lordship resigned
his honours and estates in favour of Patrick oliphant, ..."
3. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and by John Burke (1838)
"His eldest son, COLIN, MASTER OF oliphant, ... third Lord oliphant, tl • • a
minor, who is designed son wi heir of ..."
4. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United by George Edward Cokayne (1895)
"Francis oliphant 1748. (dead before 1721), was b. about 1715 ; sue. to the
peerage [S.] in 1728 and voted at the election of Peers [S ] down to 1747. ..."
5. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"MARGARET oliphant WILSON oliphant (1828-1897) BY HARRIET WATERS PRESTON ...
MARGARET oliphant Many of Mrs. oliphant's earlier stories and essays appeared in ..."
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