Hopkins

Other forms: Hopkinses

Definitions of Hopkins

1. noun

   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

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   financier, moneyman

   a person skilled in large scale financial transactions

   altruist, philanthropist

   someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being
2. noun

   United States educator and theologian (1802-1887)
   synonyms: Mark Hopkins

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   educator, pedagog, pedagogue

   someone who educates young people

   theologian, theologiser, theologist, theologizer

   someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology
3. noun

   English poet (1844-1889)
   synonyms: Gerard Manley Hopkins

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   poet

   a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
4. noun

   Welsh film actor (born in 1937)
   synonyms: Anthony Hopkins, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Sir Anthony Philip Hopkins

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   actor, histrion, player, role player, thespian

   a theatrical performer
5. noun

   English biochemist who did pioneering work that led to the discovery of vitamins (1861-1947)
   synonyms: Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins

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   biochemist

   someone with special training in biochemistry