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Hopkins

proper nounproper nounattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈhɒp.kɪnz//
  • United States//ˈhɑp.kɪnz//
  • Australia//ˈhɔp.kɪnz//
  • New Zealand/[ˈhɔ̟p.kənz]/

An English, Irish and Welsh surname originating as a patronymic.

proper noun

  1. 1

    An English, Irish and Welsh surname originating as a patronymic.

    Now if Hopkins had kept her job, but had developed it into a column for the compassionate wit and insight and reasoned argument that she is genuinely, truly capable of, then I’ll crack out the champagne, because that truly would be worth lifting a glass to. But for now, we have nothing to cheer about.

  2. 2

    A placename A number of places in the United States: Former name of Soda Springs, Nevada County, California.

  3. 3

    A placename A number of places in the United States: A township in Whiteside County, Illinois.

  4. 4

    A placename A number of places in the United States: A township and village therein, in Allegan County, Michigan.

  5. 5

    A placename A number of places in the United States: A suburban city in Hennepin County, Minnesota.

  6. 6

    A placename A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Nodaway County, Missouri.

  7. 7

    A placename A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Richland County, South Carolina.

  8. 8

    A placename A coastal village in eastern Belize.

  9. 9

    Variant of Hopkins CountyA placename Ellipsis of Hopkins County.

Etymology

From Hob + -kin + the patronymic suffix -s.

proper noun

  1. 1

    Also a form of Hopkinplural of Hopkin

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Forms

plural
Hopkinses
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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