Hughes

Other forms: Hugheses

Definitions of Hughes

1. noun

   United States industrialist who was an aviator and a film producer; during the last years of his life he was a total recluse (1905-1976)
   synonyms: Howard Hughes, Howard Robard Hughes

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   aeronaut, airman, aviator, flier, flyer

   someone who operates an aircraft

   film maker, film producer, filmmaker, movie maker

   a producer of motion pictures

   industrialist

   someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise
2. noun

   United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1862-1948)
   synonyms: Charles Evans Hughes

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   chief justice

   the judge who presides over a supreme court
3. noun

   English poet (born in 1930)
   synonyms: Edward James Hughes, Ted Hughes

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   poet

   a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
4. noun

   United States writer (1902-1967)
   synonyms: James Langston Hughes, Langston Hughes

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   author, writer

   a person who writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)