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Hobbes

American  
[hobz] / hɒbz /

noun

  1. Thomas, 1588–1679, English philosopher and author.

Hobbes British  
/ hɒbz /

noun

  1. Thomas. 1588–1679, English political philosopher. His greatest work is the Leviathan (1651), which contains his defence of absolute sovereignty

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