Hopkins

[ hop-kinz ]

/ ˈhɒp kɪnz /

noun

Anthony,born 1937, English actor, born in Wales.

Sir Frederick Gow·land

[gou-luh nd] /ˈgaʊ lənd/,1861–1947, English physician and biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1929.

Gerard Man·ley

[man-lee] /ˈmæn li/,1844–89, English poet.

Harry Lloyd,1890–1946, U.S. government administrator and social worker.

Johns,1795–1873, U.S. financier and philanthropist.

Mark,1802–87, U.S. clergyman and educator.

a city in SE Minnesota.

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Example sentences from the Web for hopkins

“I think, with Hopkins, he finally found some happiness,” Mann said.
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Although Allen has since deleted most of the conversation, Hopkins has continued to retweet and produce new content.
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The two spat back and forth, with Allen bringing up Hopkins' affair with a married colleague.
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Hopkins had just graduated from Colgate University and had never pitched in the major leagues before.
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In a year with surprisingly few biopics, Hopkins made a convincing director of Psycho.
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Upon his release, he returned to Pittsburgh, determined to kill Hopkins.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist|Alexander Berkman
Halted and fed at old "Secession Hopkins'," where the Regiment had already fed four times.
A History of the Ninth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry|Marion Morrison
Mr. Hopkins thought that he had no means of escape but by boldly persisting in falsehood.
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Neither of which hypotheses was correct, for as we have already heard, Hopkins had departed for Norway.
Toppleton's Client|John Kendrick Bangs
Hopkins, glorying in the quest, for any errand of authority made him big with pride, set out alone to execute it.
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British Dictionary definitions for hopkins

Hopkins

/ (ˈhɒpkɪnz) /

noun

Sir Anthony. born 1937, Welsh actor: his films include Bounty (1984), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Shadowlands (1994), Nixon (1995), and Hannibal (2001)

Sir Frederick Gowland (ˈɡaʊlənd). 1861–1947, British biochemist, who pioneered research into what came to be called vitamins: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1929)

Gerard Manley. 1844–89, British poet and Jesuit priest, who experimented with sprung rhythm in his highly original poetry

Harry L (loyd). 1890–1946, US administrator. During World War II he was a personal aide to President Roosevelt and administered the lend-lease programme

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Medical definitions for hopkins

Hopkins

[ hŏp′kĭnz ]

Sir Frederick Gowland 1861-1947

British biochemist. He shared a 1929 Nobel Prize for discovery of growth-promoting vitamins.