holmes
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 6
/hoʊmz/
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/hoʊmz/ · /hoʊlmz/ · /həʊmz/ · /həʊlmz/
Definition of holmes
16 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
name
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A northern English surname from Middle English, variant of Holme.
“Last year, a US appeals court upheld the convictions of Holmes and Theranos President Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani. It also upheld the $452 million in restitution that Holmes and Balwani were ordered to pay to victims.”
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name
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A northern English surname from Middle English, variant of Holme.
“Last year, a US appeals court upheld the convictions of Holmes and Theranos President Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani. It also upheld the $452 million in restitution that Holmes and Balwani were ordered to pay to victims.”
- A Scottish habitational surname from the place near Dundonald.
- A Scottish habitational surname from the place near Dundonald.
- (rare)A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A hamlet in Tarleton parish, West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4319).
- A suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4192).
- A suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A number of places in the United States:
- A number of places in the United States:
- A number of places in the United States:
- A number of places in the United States:
- A number of places in the United States:
- A number of places in the United States:
noun
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(no-plural, slang)An informal term of address, like man or dude.
“Hey, holmes! What's up?”
- (form-of, plural)plural of holme
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From holme, variant of holm (“islet”).
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