"Hobbes" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

IPA: /hɒbz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /hɑbz/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-Hobbes.oga Forms: Hobbeses [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒbz Etymology: From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Robert + the patronymic suffix -s. 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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 20 80
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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          "_dis1": "0 100",
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          "_dis1": "0 100",
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