SIR JOHN HAWKINS as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • English privateer involved in the slave trade
   • later helped build the fleet that in 1588 defeated the Spanish Armada (1532-1595)
   Synonym(s)
   • Hawkins (what does Hawkins mean?)
   • Hawkyns (what does Hawkyns mean?)
   • Sir John Hawkyns (what does Sir John Hawkyns mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Sir John Hawkins is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • privateer (what does privateer mean?)
   • privateersman (what does privateersman mean?)