Robbins

[ rob-inz ]
/ ˈrɒb ɪnz /

noun

Frederick C(hapman),1916–2003, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1954.
Jerome,1918–1998, U.S. dancer and choreographer.

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British Dictionary definitions for robbins

Robbins
/ (ˈrɒbɪnz) /

noun

Jerome . 1918–98, US ballet dancer and choreographer. He choreographed the musicals The King and I (1951) and West Side Story (1957)
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Medical definitions for robbins

Robbins
[ rŏb′ĭnz ]
Frederick Chapman 1916-2003

American microbiologist. He shared a 1954 Nobel Prize for work on the cultivation of the polio virus.
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