hawkins

Noun hawkins has 2 senses

• hawkins(n = noun.person) hawkyns, sir john hawkins, sir john hawkyns - English privateer involved in the slave trade; later helped build the fleet that in 1588 defeated the Spanish Armada (1532-1595);
is a kind of privateer, privateersman

• hawkins(n = noun.person) coleman hawkins - United States jazz saxophonist (1904-1969);
is a kind of saxist, saxophonist