Holmes

[ hohmz, hohlmz ]

noun

1. John Haynes [heynz], 1879–1964, U.S. clergyman.
2. Oliver Wen·dell [wen, -dl], 1809–94, U.S. poet, novelist, essayist, and physician.
3. his son Oliver Wendell, 1841–1935, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1902–32.
4. Sherlock, a detective in many mystery stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Holmes

/ həʊmz /

noun

1. HolmesOliver Wendell18091894MUSWRITING: writerWRITING: essayist Oliver Wendell. 1809–94, US author, esp of humorous essays, such as The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table (1858) and its sequels
2. HolmesOliver Wendell18411935MUSLAW: jurist his son, Oliver Wendell. 1841–1935, US jurist, noted for his liberal judgments
3. HolmesPaul19502012MNew ZealandFILMS & TV: presenter Sir Paul .1950–2013, New Zealand radio and television broadcaster; presenter of The Paul Holmes Breakfast , (1987–2008)

Holmes

/ hōmz,hōlmz /

1. British geologist who pioneered a method of determining the age of rocks by measuring their radioactive components. He was also an early supporter of Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift.

Example Sentences

The family navigates racism and growing pains without getting too heavy handed about it; farcical “interrogations” by immigration authorities including Pete Holmes provide additional comic relief.

From Los Angeles Times

Five relievers have worked in at least three of the four games; Clay Holmes has worked in all four.

From Los Angeles Times

Despite that, FDR was disdained by former Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. as having “a second-class intellect, but a first-class temperament.”

From Los Angeles Times

At the Gosport War Memorial Hospital, Hampshire, in August 2019, a colleague said she had overheard Dr Holmes telling the woman she needed the scan - but that the patient did not hear.

From BBC

Unlike the relief pitcher for the Yankees, this Clay Holmes is pulling for the Dodgers to bring the Commissioner’s Trophy back to Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times