hawkins

Other forms of hawkins

plural

hawkinses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hawkins

What does hawkins mean?

hawkins means "English privateer involved in the slave trade; later helped build the fleet that in 1588 defeated the Spanish Armada (1532-1595)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hawkins?

hawkins has 2 syllables: haw-kins. The stress falls on "haw". In IPA it is /ˈhɔkɪnz/.

What is another word for hawkins?

Close synonyms include Hawkyns, Sir John Hawkins, Sir John Hawkyns, Coleman Hawkins. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hawkins a common word?

hawkins is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.