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• HOPKINS (noun)
The noun HOPKINS has 5 senses:

1. United States educator and theologian (1802-1887)
2. United States financier and philanthropist who left money to found the university and hospital that bear his name in Baltimore (1795-1873)
3. English poet (1844-1889)
4. English biochemist who did pioneering work that led to the discovery of vitamins (1861-1947)
5. Welsh film actor (born in 1937)

Familiarity information: HOPKINS used as a noun is common.

• HOPKINS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

United States educator and theologian (1802-1887)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Hopkins; Mark Hopkins

Instance hypernyms:

educator; pedagog; pedagogue (someone who educates young people)

theologian; theologiser; theologist; theologizer (someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology)

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Meaning:

United States financier and philanthropist who left money to found the university and hospital that bear his name in Baltimore (1795-1873)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Johns Hopkins; Hopkins

Instance hypernyms:

financier; moneyman (a person skilled in large scale financial transactions)

altruist; philanthropist (someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being)

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Meaning:

English poet (1844-1889)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Gerard Manley Hopkins; Hopkins

Instance hypernyms:

poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))

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Meaning:

English biochemist who did pioneering work that led to the discovery of vitamins (1861-1947)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins; Hopkins

Instance hypernyms:

biochemist (someone with special training in biochemistry)

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Meaning:

Welsh film actor (born in 1937)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Anthony Hopkins; Sir Anthony Hopkins; Sir Anthony Philip Hopkins; Hopkins

Instance hypernyms:

actor; histrion; player; role player; thespian (a theatrical performer)

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