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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: Hopkins

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

Synonyms:
Johns Hopkins
Example of:
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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n United States educator and theologian (1802-1887)

Synonyms:
Mark Hopkins
Example of:
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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n English poet (1844-1889)

Synonyms:
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Example of:
poet
a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
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n Welsh film actor (born in 1937)

Synonyms:
Anthony Hopkins, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Sir Anthony Philip Hopkins
Example of:
actor, histrion, player, role player, thespian
a theatrical performer
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n English biochemist who did pioneering work that led to the discovery of vitamins (1861-1947)

Synonyms:
Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins
Example of:
biochemist
someone with special training in biochemistry
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