Pym

American  

[pim] / pɪm /

noun

1. John, 1584–1643, English statesman.

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Pym British  

/ pɪm /

noun

1. Barbara ( Mary Crampton ). 1913–80, British novelist, noted for such comedies of middle-class English life as Excellent Women (1952), A Glass of Blessings (1958), and The Sweet Dove Died (1978)

2. John. ?1584–1643, leading English parliamentarian during the events leading to the Civil War. He took a prominent part in the impeachment of Buckingham (1626) and of Strafford and Laud (1640)

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Example Sentences

The infection can be spread through "close personal contact", Hugh Pym explained.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

Visiting a children’s hospital in Liverpool, he told the BBC’s Hugh Pym not to take action over the number of obese children was “fundamentally wrong”.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2024

Pym sits there and takes it, slightly slumped into his too-large overcoat, peering at her from under his fedora's brim.

From Salon • Oct. 25, 2023

Rounding out the cast are Michael Douglas as Hank Pym, the elder Ant-Man, Michelle Pfeiffer as Janet van Dyne and Evangeline Lilly as Hope van Dyne, who have both assumed the mantle of the Wasp.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2023

She quietly left the room and wrote a note to Pym, with the consequence that Charles, who had been delayed, entered the House of Commons to find, in his own words, "the birds flown."

From Henrietta Maria by Haynes, Henrietta