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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- John
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- proper noun A patronymic
surname .
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- noun English privateer involved in the slave trade; later helped build the fleet that in 1588 defeated the Spanish Armada (1532-1595)
Etymologies
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Variant of Hawkins.
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