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Addams

American  
[ad-uhmz] / ˈæd əmz /

noun

  1. Charles (Samuel), 1912–88, U.S. cartoonist.

  2. Jane, 1860–1935, U.S. social worker and writer: Nobel Peace Prize 1931.


Addams British  
/ ˈædəmz /

noun

  1. Jane. 1860–1935, US social reformer, feminist, and pacifist, who founded Hull House, a social settlement in Chicago: Nobel peace prize 1931

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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At Burger King, he has consumed many Whoppers with colorful buns, including purple for “The Addams Family” and red for “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Frankie Addams “belonged to no club and was a member of nothing in the world.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

Other popular franchises like Addams family series “Wednesday,” pirates tale “One Piece” and Regency-era romance “Bridgerton” are ongoing.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2025

“The answer,” Mr. Cooper and Ms. Johnson promise, “is in here somewhere”—hidden among piles of arch testimony and macabre illustrations in the style of Charles Addams.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

Re-creations of the Addams Family house, the abandoned shack in the Evil Dead trilogy, Tyler Durden’s flophouse in Fight Club, and the Lars Homestead on Tattooine.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

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