robinson | (n) English chemist noted for his studies of molecular structures in plants (1886-1975), Syn. Sir Robert Robinson, Robert Robinson |
robinson | (n) United States prizefighter who won the world middleweight championship five times and the world welterweight championship once (1921-1989), Syn. Sugar Ray Robinson, Walker Smith, Ray Robinson |
robinson | (n) Irish playwright and theater manager in Dublin (1886-1958), Syn. Esme Stuart Lennox Robinson, Lennox Robinson |
robinson | (n) United States historian who stressed the importance of intellectual and social events for the course of history (1863-1936), Syn. James Harvey Robinson |
robinson | (n) United States baseball player; first Black to play in the major leagues (1919-1972), Syn. Jackie Robinson, Jack Roosevelt Robinson |
robinson | (n) United States poet; author of narrative verse (1869-1935), Syn. Edwin Arlington Robinson |
robinson | (n) United States film actor noted for playing gangster roles (1893-1973), Syn. Edward Goldenberg Robinson, Edward G. Robinson |
robinson crusoe | (n) the hero of Daniel Defoe's novel about a shipwrecked English sailor who survives on a small tropical island |