"Hobbes" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

IPA: /hɒbz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /hɑbz/ [General-American] Forms: Hobbeses [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒbz Etymology: From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Robert + the patronymic suffix -s. Etymology templates: {{m|en|Robert}} Robert Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Hobbeses}} Hobbes (plural Hobbeses)
  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
    Sense id: en-Hobbes-en-name-Xs1vzbdd Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
    Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679), English philosopher.
    Derived forms: Hobbesian, Hobbesianism, Hobbesism, Hobbesist, Hobbish, Hobbism, Hobbist, Hobbistic
    Sense id: en-Hobbes-en-name-B87FaO-P Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (surname): Հոբս (Hobs) (Armenian), 霍布斯 (Huòbùsī) (Chinese Mandarin), Hobbius [masculine] (Latin), Гоббс (Gobbs) (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'surname': 50 50

Inflected forms

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