Calvin

[kal-vin]

noun

1. John Jean Chauvin or Caulvin, 1509–64, French theologian and reformer in Switzerland: leader in the Protestant Reformation.

2. Melvin, 1911–97, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize 1961.

3. a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “bald.”

Calvin

/ ˈkælvɪn /

noun

1. John, original name Jean Cauvin, Caulvin, or Chauvin. 1509–64, French theologian: a leader of the Protestant Reformation in France and Switzerland, establishing the first presbyterian government in Geneva. His theological system is described in his Institutes of the Christian Religion (1536)

2. Melvin. 1911–97, US chemist, noted particularly for his research on photosynthesis: Nobel prize for chemistry 1961

Calvin

1. American chemist who won a Nobel Prize in 1961 for determining the chemical reactions that occur during photosynthesis. This series of reactions is now known as the Calvin cycle.

Example Sentences

He has been publicly trolling the board and Chief Executive Calvin McDonald, likening their mistakes to a plane crash.

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Former Yale and Dallas Cowboys running back Calvin Hill said that the game ranked right alongside winning Super Bowl VI.

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More accurately, it owes to former president Calvin Coolidge.

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President Calvin Coolidge’s 1925 dictum—“the chief business of the American people is business”—had become a mantra.

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“It’s another slap in the face,” said Zaire Calvin, a lifelong West Altadena resident who lost his sister, his home and his neighborhood in the fire.

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