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.

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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

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Example Sentences

And for one of the many Netflix touches — “Thing,” the lovable detached hand from the streamer’s Addams family spinoff “Wednesday,” will be throwing the first pitch.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

“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

And we do it with the blessing of Kevin Miserocchi, who runs the Addams Foundation.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2025

Anna Howard Shaw thought Paul was too young and too militant for the job, but she decided to give her a chance after progressive reformer and suffragist Jane Addams spoke up on Paul’s behalf.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling