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oliphant

oliphant

English

Alternative forms

Noun

oliphant ‎(plural oliphants)

  1. (archaic and historical) An elephant.

Old French

Noun

oliphant m ‎(oblique plural oliphanz or oliphantz, nominative singular oliphanz or oliphantz, nominative plural oliphant)

  1. Alternative form of olifan

Etymology

From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman oliphant ‎(“ivory, elephant”) and Old French oliphant ‎(“ivory, elephant, musical horn of ivory”), from Latin elephantus ‎(“elephant”), from Ancient Greek ἐλέφας ‎(eléphas, “ivory, elephant”).

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