Holmes

[hohmz, hohlmz]

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.

Holmes

/ 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)

Holmes

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.

Example Sentences

Errors were instantly cut out as Holmes finished off a flowing move, before Women's Sevens Player of the Year Jorja Miller broke clear to set up Sorensen-McGee.

From BBC

Holmes’ words were a quintessential expression of “eugenics,” a pseudoscientific notion that social problems can be alleviated by focusing on heredity, and sequestering, forcibly sterilizing or even murdering those whose genetic heritage jeopardizes civilization.

From Los Angeles Times

Ireland were forced into a change when full-back Stacey Flood, who had played a key role in charging down Holmes' second conversion attempt, was forced off with an ankle injury seven minutes before half-time.

From BBC

The ”poor ignorant folk” in Holmes’ mind were the undereducated country people of 19th-century England.

From Salon

Did Williams know her former “Dawson’s Creek” co-stars Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson were starring in a romantic movie trilogy, written and directed by Holmes?

From Los Angeles Times