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olyphant

olyphant is the alternative spelling of oliphant.

Meaning of oliphant

Noun

oliphant (plural oliphants)

  1. (archaic, historical) An elephant.
    • She [Diana] hath ſent (to plague vs) a huge ſauadge Boare,
      Of an vn-meaſured height and magnitude.
      […]
      His briſtles poynted like a range of pikes
      Ranck't on his backe: his foame ſnowes where he feeds
      His tuskes are like the Indian Oliphants.1613, Thomas Heywood, The Brazen Age, […], London: […] Nicholas Okes, […], →OCLC, Act II, signature [C4], verso
  2. An ancient ivory hunting-horn.

See all 3 meanings of oliphant

Proper noun capitalized: Olyphant

Olyphant

  1. A surname.

Forms of olyphant

pluralolyphants

Questions about olyphant

What does olyphant mean?
Olyphant means a surname.
What is olyphant the alternative spelling of?
Olyphant is the alternative spelling of oliphant.
What part of speech is olyphant?
Olyphant is a proper noun.

Words near olyphant in the dictionary

  1. Olynthian
  2. Olynthians
  3. Olynthus
  4. Olynyk
  5. Olynyks
  6. olyphant
  7. olyphants
  8. olyrid
  9. olyrids
  10. Olyroos
  11. Olyshva

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