Definition of Hopkinson

1. Noun. American Revolutionary leader and patriot; a signer of the Declaration of Independence (1737-1791).

Exact synonyms: Francis Hopkinson
Generic synonyms: American Revolutionary Leader

Definition of Hopkinson

1. Proper noun. (surname patronymic from=given names) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hopkinson

Hoovercrats
Hoovered
Hoovering
Hoovers
Hooverville
Hoovervilles
Hope
Hopedale
Hopeh
Hopei
Hopf algebra
Hopf algebras
Hopi
Hopkin
Hopkins
Hopkinson (current term)
Hoplopsyllus anomalus
Hopmann's papilloma
Hopmann's polyp
Hopperesque
Hoppin' John
Hoppins
Hopson
Horace
Horace Greeley
Horace Mann
Horace Walpole
Horatian
Horatian ode
Horatio

Literary usage of Hopkinson

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans: With Biographical by H. J. Herring, James Barton Longacre (1854)
"Thomas Hopkinson died at an early age, leaving a widow and several children, of whom FRANCIS, then not more than fourteen years old, was the eldest. ..."

2. Publications by Parish Register Society, London, London Parish Register Society, Florida State Historical Society, Deland, Deland Florida State Historical Society, Reparations Commission, North Carolina Historical Commission, Yorkshire Philosophical Society, Yorkshire (1902)
"Hopkinson. 125. John Shaw, of East Retford & Ann Brown by licence 12 Aug. ... Hopkinson. 126. Samuel Mycroft labourer & Charlotte Ibberson by banns 19 Feb. ..."

3. Library of Southern Literature by John Calvin Metcalf (1909)
"FRANCIS Hopkinson SMITH [1838— J JOHN S. PATTON FRANCIS Hopkinson SMITH was ... He is a descendant of that Francis Hopkinson whom Thomas Jefferson called ..."

4. American Poetry by Percy Holmes Boynton, Frank Martindale Webster, George Wiley Sherburn, Howard Mumford Jones (1918)
"FRANCIS Hopkinson (1737-1791) Hopkinson was born in Philadelphia, ... The Miscellaneous Essays and Occasional Writings of Francis Hopkinson, 3 vols. ..."

5. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present by Joseph Sabin, Wilberforce Eames, Bibliographical Society of America, Robert William Glenroie Vail (1875)
"Hopkinson. An Exercise, containing a Dialogue and an Ode, on the Accession ... 32978 Hopkinson. The Miscellaneous Essays and Occasional Writings of Francis ..."

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