Associations to the word «Hughes»

Wiktionary

HUGHES, proper noun. A Welsh and English patronymic surname​ derived from the given name Hugh.
HUGHES, proper noun. A Welsh surname; a variant of Howells.
HUGHES, proper noun. A city in Alaska.
HUGHES, proper noun. A city in Arkansas.
HUGHES, proper noun. A town in Wisconsin.
HUGHES SYNDROME, noun. An autoimmune, hypercoagulable state caused by antibodies against cell-membrane phospholipids, leading to blood clots and pregnancy complications.

Dictionary definition

HUGHES, noun. English poet (born in 1930).
HUGHES, noun. United States writer (1902-1967).
HUGHES, 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).
HUGHES, noun. United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1862-1948).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats