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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. English privateer involved in the slave trade; later helped build the fleet that in 1588 defeated the Spanish Armada (1532-1595);
[syn: Hawkins, Hawkyns, Sir John Hawkins, Sir John Hawkyns]

2. United States jazz saxophonist (1904-1969);
[syn: Hawkins, Coleman Hawkins]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Hawkins n 1: English privateer involved in the slave trade; later helped build the fleet that in 1588 defeated the Spanish Armada (1532-1595) [syn: Hawkins, Hawkyns, Sir John Hawkins, Sir John Hawkyns] 2: United States jazz saxophonist (1904-1969) [syn: Hawkins, Coleman Hawkins]