"oliphant" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: oliphants [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English olifaunt, 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|olifaunt}} Middle English olifaunt, {{der|en|xno|oliphant||ivory, elephant}} Anglo-Norman oliphant (“ivory, elephant”), {{der|en|fro|oliphant||ivory, elephant, musical horn of ivory}} Old French oliphant (“ivory, elephant, musical horn of ivory”), {{der|en|la|elephantus||elephant}} Latin elephantus (“elephant”), {{der|en|grc|ἐλέφας||ivory, elephant}} Ancient Greek ἐλέφας (eléphas, “ivory, elephant”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} oliphant (plural oliphants)
  1. (archaic and historical) An elephant. Tags: archaic, historical
    Sense id: en-oliphant-en-noun-~CnkppRf
  2. An ancient ivory hunting-horn.
    Sense id: en-oliphant-en-noun-t5cKr~ex Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: olifant, olyfaunte, olyphant, oliphaunt

Inflected forms

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