Associations to the word «Wilkes»

Wiktionary

WILKES, proper noun. A patronymic surname​.

Dictionary definition

WILKES, noun. English reformer who published attacks on George III and supported the rights of the American colonists (1727-1797).
WILKES, noun. United States explorer of Antarctica (1798-1877).

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin