Hawkyns,Sir John
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Sir John Hawkins — noun English privateer involved in the slave trade; later helped build the fleet that in 1588 defeated the Spanish Armada (1532 1595) • Syn: ↑Hawkins, ↑Hawkyns, ↑Sir John Hawkyns • Instance Hypernyms: ↑privateer, ↑privateersman … Useful english dictionary
Sir John Hawkyns — noun English privateer involved in the slave trade; later helped build the fleet that in 1588 defeated the Spanish Armada (1532 1595) • Syn: ↑Hawkins, ↑Hawkyns, ↑Sir John Hawkins • Instance Hypernyms: ↑privateer, ↑privateersman … Useful english dictionary
Hawkins, Sir John — born 1532, Plymouth, Devon, Eng. died Nov. 12, 1595, at sea off Puerto Rico English naval administrator and commander. A relative of Sir Francis Drake, he became a merchant in the African trade and the first English slave trader. After a… … Universalium
John Hawkins — Admiral Sir John Hawkins (also spelled as John Hawkyns) (Plymouth 1532 ndash; November 12 1595) was an English shipbuilder, naval administrator and commander, merchant, navigator, and slave trader. As treasurer (1577) and controller (1589) of the … Wikipedia
Hawkyns — noun English privateer involved in the slave trade; later helped build the fleet that in 1588 defeated the Spanish Armada (1532 1595) • Syn: ↑Hawkins, ↑Sir John Hawkins, ↑Sir John Hawkyns • Instance Hypernyms: ↑privateer, ↑privateersman * * *… … Useful english dictionary
Hawkyns — /haw kinz/, n. Sir John. See Hawkins, Sir John. * * * … Universalium
John Hawkins (navigateur) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir John Hawkins. John Hawkins Sir John Hawkins, parfois écrit John Hawkyns, (Plymouth 1532 – 12 … Wikipédia en Français
Hawkins, Sir Richard — ▪ English seaman Hawkins also spelled Hawkyns born c. 1560 died April 18, 1622, London English seaman and adventurer whose Observations in His Voyage Into the South Sea (1622) gives the best extant idea of Elizabethan life at sea and was … Universalium
Hawkins — noun 1. English privateer involved in the slave trade; later helped build the fleet that in 1588 defeated the Spanish Armada (1532 1595) • Syn: ↑Hawkyns, ↑Sir John Hawkins, ↑Sir John Hawkyns • Instance Hypernyms: ↑privateer, ↑privateersman 2.… … Useful english dictionary
Hawkins — /haw kinz/, n. 1. Sir Anthony Hope ( Anthony Hope ), 1863 1933, English novelist and playwright. 2. Coleman, 1904 69, U.S. jazz saxophonist. 3. Also, Hawkyns. Sir John, 1532 95, English slave trader and rear admiral. * * * (as used in… … Universalium
