"Sherlock Holmes" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈʃɜɹ.lɒk ˈhoʊmz/
Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Sherlock Holmes
  1. A series of novels by Arthur Conan Doyle about a consulting detective with keen observational awareness, astute logical reasoning and professional forensic skills; also related media based on the books, such as movies.
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  2. The fictional detective who is the protagonist of the series. Translations (fictional detective): ሼርሎክ ሆልምዝ (šerlok holməz) [masculine] (Amharic), شرلوك هولمز (šerluk hulms) [masculine] (Arabic), Շերլոք Հոլմս (Šerlokʻ Holms) (Armenian), 歇洛克·福爾摩斯 (Chinese Mandarin), 歇洛克·福尔摩斯 (Xiēluòkè Fú'ěrmósī) (Chinese Mandarin), 夏洛克·福爾摩斯 (Chinese Mandarin), 夏洛克·福尔摩斯 (Xiàluòkè Fú'ěrmósī) (Chinese Mandarin), Sherlock Holmes (Danish), Ŝerloko Holmso (Esperanto), Σέρλοκ Χολμς (Sérlok Cholms) [masculine] (Greek), שרלוק הולמס [masculine] (Hebrew), Sherlock Holmes (Indonesian), シャーロック・ホームズ (Shārokku Hōmuzu) (Japanese), 셜록 홈즈 (Syeollok Homjeu) (Korean), Шерлок Холмс (Šerlok Holms) [masculine] (Macedonian), Sherlock Holmes [masculine] (Polish), Sherlock Holmes [masculine] (Portuguese), Ше́рлок Холмс (Šérlok Xolms) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Sherlock_Holmes-en-name-vYMTCc5A Disambiguation of 'fictional detective': 29 60 11
  3. (figuratively, by extension) Any person who has or is considered to have great powers of observation and deduction. Tags: broadly, figuratively Categories (topical): Fictional characters, People, Sherlock Holmes Synonyms (person with great powers of deduction): Sherlock, Holmes Derived forms: Sherlock Holmesiana, Sherlock Holmesish, Sherlock Holmesque, Sherlock Holmesy Translations (person with great powers of deduction): Sherlock Holmes [common-gender] (Danish), Sherlock Holmes (Indonesian), Sherlock Holmes [masculine] (Polish), Sherlock [masculine] (Polish), Sherlock Holmes [masculine] (Portuguese), Ше́рлок Холмс (Šérlok Xolms) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Sherlock_Holmes-en-name-S2sNUhXS Disambiguation of Fictional characters: 13 23 64 Disambiguation of People: 23 31 46 Disambiguation of Sherlock Holmes: 11 14 75 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 5 55 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 29 6 65 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 30 4 67 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 31 6 63 Disambiguation of 'person with great powers of deduction': 14 6 79 Disambiguation of 'person with great powers of deduction': 14 6 79

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