hawkyns

Questions about hawkyns

What does hawkyns mean?

hawkyns means "English privateer involved in the slave trade; later helped build the fleet that in 1588 defeated the Spanish Armada (1532-1595)".

How many syllables are in hawkyns?

hawkyns has 2 syllables and divides as haw-kyns under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for hawkyns?

Close synonyms include Hawkins, Sir John Hawkins, Sir John Hawkyns. 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 hawkyns a common word?

hawkyns is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.