Sinclair

American  

[sin-klair, sing-, sin-klair, sing-] / sɪnˈklɛər, sɪŋ-, ˈsɪn klɛər, ˈsɪŋ- /

noun

1. Harry Ford, 1876–1956, U.S. oil businessman: a major figure in the Teapot Dome scandal.

2. May, 1865?–1946, British novelist.

3. Upton (Beall) 1878–1968, U.S. novelist, socialist, and reformer.

4. a male given name: a family name taken from a French placename, Saint Clair.

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Sinclair British  

/ sɪŋˈklɛə, ˈsɪŋklɛə /

noun

1. Sir Clive ( Marles ). born 1940, English electronics engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur, who produced such electronic goods as pocket calculators and some of the first home computers; however, the Sinclair C5 (1985), a small light electric vehicle for one person, proved a commercial failure

2. Upton ( Beall ). 1878–1968, US novelist, whose The Jungle (1906) exposed the working and sanitary conditions of the Chicago meat-packing industry and prompted the passage of food inspection laws

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Example Sentences

Derek Sinclair, a senior welfare rights expert from the charity Contact, said the changes would be a "massive financial blow".

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Residents north of John F. Kennedy Drive and west of Sinclair Street and Redlands Boulevard were under an evacuation warning as of 1 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

“No matter what he says, people are going to throw rocks,” says Paul Sinclair, a former Atlantic Records executive, who is now chief music officer for Suno.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

Led by post-doctoral fellow Ryan Sinclair Paterson at the University of Copenhagen, the research extends the time range for obtaining meaningful protein sequences by millions of years.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

The most prized was the Sinclair Collection, which consisted of art purchased by the company as investments as well as works personally owned by Stavros Sinclair.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti