wilkes

Noun wilkes has 2 senses

• wilkes(n = noun.person) john wilkes - English reformer who published attacks on George III and supported the rights of the American colonists (1727-1797);
is a kind of crusader, meliorist, reformer, reformist, social reformer

• wilkes(n = noun.person) charles wilkes - United States explorer of Antarctica (1798-1877);
is a kind of adventurer, explorer