Definitions

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  • proper noun A patronymic surname.

Etymologies

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From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Robert.

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Examples

  • I'd have expected nothing less from her; Lindholm, who also writes as Robin Hobb, is one of my very favourite authors.

    Free Fiction February - "The Elephants on Neptune" by Mike Resnick 2009

  • Robin Hobb is the one that most seem to love, that I loathe.

    MIND MELD: Books We Love That Everyone Else Hates (and Vice Versa) 2010

  • Megan Lindholm, who also writes as Robin Hobb, is one of my very favourite authors.

    The Sunday Salon: Spring Cleaning 2009

  • Robin Hobb on A few thoughts on natural settings in SF and Fantasy.

    April 2010 2010

  • Can you by chance share if the Robin Hobb story is about the Golden Fool or set in the Liveship Trader's series??

    Another Monkey Off My Back grrm 2010

  • So I am very very happy to announce that my publishers have gotten onto the pixel-stained technopeasant bandwagon, and you can now find His Majesty's Dragon available as a free download at Del Rey's brand-new Suvudu Free Library, along with many other fine works including Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson, Assassin†™ s Apprentice by Robin Hobb, Settling Accounts: Return Engagement by Harry Turtledove, and Blood Engines by T.A. Pratt. \o/

    Boing Boing 2009

  • And to be completist, I brought with me the library's paperback copy of Shaman's Crossing by Robin Hobb that I have mysteriously started to read before and yet apparently never finished.

    Wiscon 33 - Books julieandrews 2009

  • However, he loves Robin Hobb and has read all her works.

    MIND MELD: The Perfect SF/F/H Books to Give to People Who Don't Read SF/F/H 2009

  • I admire you and your blog greatly, yet the blog of the writer Robin Hobb haunts my thoughts whenever I read yours.

    Gang Green grrm 2010

  • Also I was always meaning to ask this but was Robin Hobb the inspiration behind the character named Three-Fingered Hobb?

    On Sale Today grrm 2010

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