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

---

Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal

Moon, a graduate of the University of Arizona School of Music, started his career in the 1980s, contributing to projects including “The Land Before Time,” the animated “Addams Family” series, “Leave It to Beaver” and “Johnny Bravo.”

From Los Angeles Times

At the Netflix House at a mall outside Philadelphia, I paid $50 for tokens to enter Wednesday’s moonlit festival, which is built around Wednesday Addams, daughter in the old Charles Addams–inspired TV show, The Addams Family, and the Netflix series Wednesday.

From Barron's

All three titles “have a high production value and are familiar stories” — as “Griselda” was based on a true story, “Wednesday” builds off the IP of “The Addams Family” and “The Last of Us” is based on a video game.

From Los Angeles Times

In the video, which was also posted on Facebook and had more than 2.5m views, Zeta-Jones, who is from Mumbles, Swansea, talked about how much she enjoyed exploring her character, Morticia Addams, in season two.

From BBC