Huggins

American  

[huhg-inz] / ˈhʌg ɪnz /

noun

1. Charles Brenton 1901–97, U.S. surgeon and medical researcher, born in Canada: Nobel Prize 1966.

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Huggins British  

/ ˈhʌɡɪnz /

noun

1. Sir William. 1824–1910, British astronomer. He pioneered the use of spectroscopy in astronomy and discovered the red shift in the lines of a stellar spectrum

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Example Sentences

Jonathan Huggins, of Southwold, believed the rise in the popularity of plastic grass for gardens and sports pitches was a "looming environmental catastrophe".

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

“Some people would only be up there for a year, and they really couldn’t deal with the isolation,” Huggins said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Jay Huggins, a retired telecommunications technician who worked on several Greenlandic radar stations from 1988 to 1990, including near the Bluie East Two base, said the remoteness and brutal winters challenged young soldiers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

The bearer of that news was Yankees manager Miller Huggins, who got Ruth’s OK by offering a massive salary hike.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024

As early as 1868 the astronomer William Huggins found an identity between some features in the spectrum of a comet and the spectrum of natural or “olefiant” gas.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan