henry hudson

1. 1.

   English navigator who discovered the Hudson River; in 1610 he attempted to winter in Hudson Bay but his crew mutinied and set him adrift to die (1565-1611)

   SynonymsHudson

   Broadernavigator

Questions about henry hudson

What does henry hudson mean?

henry hudson means "English navigator who discovered the Hudson River; in 1610 he attempted to winter in Hudson Bay but his crew mutinied and set him adrift to die (1565-1611)".

What is another word for henry hudson?

Close synonyms include Hudson. 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 henry hudson a common word?

henry hudson is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.