Holmes

American  

[hohmz, hohlmz] / hoʊmz, hoʊlmz /

noun

1. John Haynes 1879–1964, U.S. clergyman.

2. Oliver Wendell 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.

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Holmes British  

/ həʊmz /

noun

1. Oliver Wendell. 1809–94, US author, esp of humorous essays, such as The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table (1858) and its sequels

2. his son, Oliver Wendell. 1841–1935, US jurist, noted for his liberal judgments

3. Sir Paul .1950–2013, New Zealand radio and television broadcaster; presenter of The Paul Holmes Breakfast , (1987–2008)

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Holmes Scientific  

/ 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.

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With Holmes, who claims to have never lied in her life, he may have met his match.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

While not necessarily romantic, it’s implied in “You Can See Everything” that the same thing happens with Holmes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Holmes, now a 42-year-old mother of two, began serving an 11-year, three-month sentence in a minimum security, all-female prison camp in Bryan, Texas, in 2023.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2022

“I couldn’t say more strongly, the way we handled The Wall Street Journal process was a disaster,” Holmes testified at her trial in 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2022

British author Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, called it “the most terrible August in the history of the world.”

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

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