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say it: RAH-buhn-suhn
robinson is a noun meaning "English chemist noted for his studies of molecular structures in plants (1886-1975)". It carries 7 recorded senses.
English chemist noted for his studies of molecular structures in plants (1886-1975)
United States prizefighter who won the world middleweight championship five times and the world welterweight championship once (1921-1989)
Irish playwright and theater manager in Dublin (1886-1958)
United States historian who stressed the importance of intellectual and social events for the course of history (1863-1936)
United States baseball player; first Black to play in the major leagues (1919-1972)
United States poet; author of narrative verse (1869-1935)
United States film actor noted for playing gangster roles (1893-1973)
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.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for robinson come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.