Robinson

Other forms: Robinsons

Definitions of Robinson

1. noun

   United States baseball player; first Black to play in the major leagues (1919-1972)
   synonyms: Jack Roosevelt Robinson, Jackie Robinson

   example of:

   ballplayer, baseball player

   an athlete who plays baseball
2. noun

   United States prizefighter who won the world middleweight championship five times and the world welterweight championship once (1921-1989)
   synonyms: Ray Robinson, Sugar Ray Robinson, Walker Smith

   example of:

   gladiator, prizefighter

   a professional boxer
3. noun

   English chemist noted for his studies of molecular structures in plants (1886-1975)
   synonyms: Robert Robinson, Sir Robert Robinson

   example of:

   chemist

   a scientist who specializes in chemistry
4. noun

   United States poet; author of narrative verse (1869-1935)
   synonyms: Edwin Arlington Robinson

   example of:

   poet

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

   United States historian who stressed the importance of intellectual and social events for the course of history (1863-1936)
   synonyms: James Harvey Robinson

   example of:

   historian, historiographer

   a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it
6. noun

   United States film actor noted for playing gangster roles (1893-1973)
   synonyms: Edward G. Robinson, Edward Goldenberg Robinson

   example of:

   actor, histrion, player, role player, thespian

   a theatrical performer
7. noun

   Irish playwright and theater manager in Dublin (1886-1958)
   synonyms: Esme Stuart Lennox Robinson, Lennox Robinson

   example of:

   dramatist, dramaturge, playwright

   someone who writes plays