Perkin

American  

[pur-kin] / ˈpɜr kɪn /

noun

1. Sir William Henry, 1838–1907, English chemist.

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perkin British  

/ ˈpɜːkɪn /

noun

1. a variant of parkin

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Example Sentences

“Betting against them is a dangerous game,” said Thorne Perkin, president of wealth manager Papamarkou Wellner Perkin.

From The Wall Street Journal

“What most economists missed this year is how much money has been made by the 1%,” Perkin added.

From The Wall Street Journal

However, its chair Toby Perkin noted that technological solutions - such as sustainable aviation fuel - were not yet being used on a commercial scale.

From BBC

On a recent Wednesday afternoon, Dan Perkin and Scott Bissmeyer, work buddies on vacation, sat on metal bleachers watching the Portland Timbers play the San Jose Earthquakes in the first of four preseason Major League Soccer games that day.

From New York Times

But this year, with 12 M.L.S. teams — along with two from the United Soccer League and four from the National Women’s Soccer League — gathered at a 1,000-acre property outside Palm Springs, Calif., for preseason training, Mr. Perkin and Mr. Bissmeyer decided to check it out.

From New York Times