Hopkins

[ hop-kinz ]

noun

1. Anthony, born 1937, English actor, born in Wales.
2. Sir Frederick Gow·land [gou, -l, uh, nd], 1861–1947, English physician and biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1929.
3. Gerard Man·ley [man, -lee], 1844–89, English poet.
4. Harry Lloyd, 1890–1946, U.S. government administrator and social worker.
5. Johns, 1795–1873, U.S. financier and philanthropist.
6. Mark, 1802–87, U.S. clergyman and educator.
7. a city in SE Minnesota.

Hopkins

/ ˈhɒpkɪnz /

noun

1. HopkinsSir Anthony1937MWelshTHEATRE: actor Sir Anthony. born 1937, Welsh actor: his films include Bounty (1984), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Shadowlands (1994), Nixon (1995), and Hannibal (2001)
2. HopkinsSir Frederick Gowland18611947MBritishSCIENCE: chemist Sir Frederick Gowland (ˈɡaʊlənd). 1861–1947, British biochemist, who pioneered research into what came to be called vitamins: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1929)
3. HopkinsGerard Manley18441889MBritishWRITING: poetRELIGION: clergyman Gerard Manley. 1844–89, British poet and Jesuit priest, who experimented with sprung rhythm in his highly original poetry
4. HopkinsHarry L(loyd)18901946MUSPOLITICS: administrator Harry L ( loyd ). 1890–1946, US administrator. During World War II he was a personal aide to President Roosevelt and administered the lend-lease programme

Example Sentences

As a teenager, I watched my mother, a talented phlebotomist, be robbed of promotions at Johns Hopkins Hospital where she worked for 20 years.

From Salon

And behind the scenes the club has to take huge credit for bringing back running back Kareem Hunt and trading for receiver DeAndre Hopkins to plug the gaps.

From BBC

The Chargers’ AFC West rival Kansas City Chiefs got two touchdowns from new addition DeAndre Hopkins on Monday in an overtime win against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

From Los Angeles Times

David Hopkins, a political scientist at Boston College, told Salon that the “continued shrinking of the electoral battleground” in 2024 is one of the biggest stories he’s following in how geography affects Americans’ representation.

From Salon

An international team of scientists with Nasa, the Jet Propulsion Lab and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab will oversee the odyssey.

From BBC