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  • proper noun A patronymic surname.

Etymologies

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Variant of Hodgkins from the given name Roger.

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Examples

  • Anita Hodgkiss is co-director of the Voting Rights Project at the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law in Washington, D.C. Go to Article List for Southern Changes.

    The Department of Justice: Enforcing the Voting Rights Act 2000

  • Corby Hodgkiss returned an interception 39 yards in the first quarter for BYU and Max Hall completed 15 of 30 passes for 156 yards, including four passes to Unga for 57 yards and a touchdown.

    USATODAY.com - College Football - E. Washington vs. BYU 2006

  • Captain Bonneville prevailed upon the Nez Perces to accompany Hodgkiss and his party until they should be beyond the range of the enemy.

    The Adventures of Captain Bonneville Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 1850

  • As there was a formidable band of Blackfeet just over a mountain to the northeast, by which Hodgkiss and his free trappers would have to pass; and as it was known that those sharp-sighted marauders had their scouts out watching every movement of the encampments, so as to cut off stragglers or weak detachments,

    The Adventures of Captain Bonneville Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 1850

  • Being now reinforced by Hodgkiss and his band of free trappers,

    The Adventures of Captain Bonneville Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 1850

  • HAVING now a pretty strong party, well armed and equipped, Captain Bonneville no longer felt the necessity of fortifying himself in the secret places and fastnesses of the mountains; but sallied forth boldly into the Snake River plain, in search of his clerk, Hodgkiss, who had remained with the Nez Perces.

    The Adventures of Captain Bonneville Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 1850

  • Being now reinforced by Hodgkiss and his band of free trappers, Captain Bonneville put himself at the head of the united parties, and set out to rejoin those he had recently left at the Beer Spring, that they might all go into winter quarters on Snake River.

    The adventures of Captain Bonneville 1837

  • HAVING now a pretty strong party, well armed and equipped, Captain Bonneville no longer felt the necessity of fortifying himself in the secret places and fastnesses of the mountains; but sallied forth boldly into the Snake River plain, in search of his clerk, Hodgkiss, who had remained with the

    The adventures of Captain Bonneville 1837

  • Same camp arrived this mng. an express from Bonneville this express came from the forks in three days they saw Blkft. by the way this afternoon Mr. Hodge [Hodgkiss] left to go to Bonneville day clear and warm Buffaloe were run into camp.

    N. Wyeth's Journal - First Expedition 1832

  • She then took out a negligence claim against next door neighbours Brendan Hodgkiss and his partner Cynthia Parker, both 52, who had bought their local authority property in Prestwich, Manchester under the right to buy scheme - four months after the incident.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

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