Associations to the word «Hawkyns»

Wiktionary

HAWKYNS, proper noun. A patronymic surname​.

Dictionary definition

HAWKYNS, noun. English privateer involved in the slave trade; later helped build the fleet that in 1588 defeated the Spanish Armada (1532-1595).

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca