HOLMES


Meaning of HOLMES in English

/hohmz, hohlmz/ , n.

1. John Haynes /haynz/ , 1879-1964, U.S. clergyman.

2. Oliver Wendell /wen"dl/ , 1809-94, U.S. poet, novelist, essayist, and physician.

3. his son, Oliver Wendell , 1841-1935, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1902-32.

4. Sherlock , a detective in many mystery stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .