sir john hawkins

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sir john hawkins - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Sir John Hawkins
      n 1: English privateer involved in the slave trade; later helped
           build the fleet that in 1588 defeated the Spanish Armada
           (1532-1595) [syn: Hawkins, Hawkyns, Sir John Hawkins,
           Sir John Hawkyns]