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OLIPHANT is a giant who threatens Sir Thopas and throws stones after him when he enters the fairy queen's domain, Thop 807-832. [Thopas]

Oliphant, "elephant" in Middle English, occurs in final rhyming position, Thop 808.

From CHAUCER NAME DICTIONARY
Copyright © 1988, 1996 Jacqueline de Weever
Published by Garland Publishing, Inc., New York and London.
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