Wilkins

American  

[wil-kinz] / ˈwɪl kɪnz /

noun

1. Sir George Hubert, 1888–1958, Australian Antarctic explorer, aviator, and aerial navigator.

2. Mary Eleanor. Mary E(leanor Wilkins) Freeman.

3. Maurice Hugh Frederick, 1916–2004, English biophysicist born in New Zealand: Nobel Prize in medicine 1962.

4. Roy, 1901–81, U.S. journalist and civil rights leader: executive secretary of the NAACP, 1955–77.

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Wilkins British  

/ ˈwɪlkɪnz /

noun

1. Sir George Hubert. 1888–1958, Australian polar explorer and aviator

2. Maurice Hugh Frederick. 1916–2004, British biochemist, born in New Zealand. With Crick and Watson, he shared the Nobel prize 1962 for his work on the structure of DNA

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Wilkins Scientific  

/ wĭl′kĭnz /

1. British biophysicist who contributed to the discovery of the structure of DNA. He worked with Rosalind Franklin to produce x-ray studies of DNA that helped Francis Crick and James Watson establish its structure as a double helix. For this work Wilkins shared with Crick and Watson the 1962 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.

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Example Sentences

“I just didn’t have a worry in the world,” Wilkins said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

“I’m concerned that a lot of call-center workers will not have jobs pretty soon, me included,” said Vonda Wilkins, a Phoenix-based customer-service representative.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

On Wednesday, the New York Times reported that an FBI investigation had been opened into the reporter who broke the story about Wilkins being provided a security detail by the bureau.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026

Last November, Patel reportedly used the FBI's plane to fly to Pennsylvania and watch a performance by his girlfriend, country music star Alexis Wilkins.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

The switch between the two forms was partly responsible for the noise that Wilkins had been struggling to minimize.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee